Dodger (Noun)
Meaning 1
Small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern).
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A shifty deceptive person.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He was a dodger who always managed to talk his way out of trouble.
- The used car salesman had a reputation for being a dodger, selling lemons to unsuspecting customers.
- The politician was accused of being a dodger, constantly changing his stance on important issues.
- Her ex-boyfriend was a dodger, always making promises he had no intention of keeping.
- The company's CEO was a dodger, using accounting tricks to hide the true state of the company's finances.