1560s, 'go this way and that in speech or action,' a sense now obsolete; from 1680s as 'start suddenly aside, shift suddenly,' as to evade a blow;' 1704 as 'to move to and fro, shift about;' origin and sense evolution obscure. Perhaps it is from or akin to Scottish and Northern English dodd 'to jog' (1570s).
Dodge is a American Automobile manufacturer found in Driver: San Francisco.This and most other car manufacturers in the game is named after its real counterpart. In aforementioned game, 11 Dodge models appeared. Dodge is a American Automobile manufacturer found in Driver: San Francisco.This and most other car manufacturers in the game is named after its real counterpart. In aforementioned game, 11 Dodge models appeared. Dodge is an American car manufacturer based in Detroit, Michigan and is widely known for its muscle performance cars. The company was founded by the brothers Dodge, Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge in 1900 and was originally a factory shop located in the Detroit neighborhood of Hamtramck. Today, Dodge is part of the Fiat-Chrysler Group which it has been since 2009 and includes the.
Transitive sense of 'to evade (something) by a sudden shift of place' is by 1670s. It is attested from 1570s, and common from early 18c., in the figurative sense of 'to swindle, to play shifting tricks (with).' Photography sense of 'use artifice to improve a print' is by 1883. Related: Dodged; dodging.
Dodge City, Kansas, was laid out in 1872 and named for U.S. military man Richard I. Dodge, then commander of the nearby army fort. It later was notorious in Wild West lore as the home of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson.
dodge (n.)
'a shifty contrivance or clever trick,' 1630s, from dodge (v.). Revived or reformed in early 19c.
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