dodger — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).

   Usage

   • Countable

2. A person full of tricks or street smarts.

   Usage

   • Countable

3. A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.

   Usage

   • Countable

4. An advertising leaflet; a flyer.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • Countable
   • Slang

5. Bread.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • US usage
   • Dated
   • Slang
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. a shifty deceptive person

   Synonyms

   foxslyboots

   Broader terms

   deceivercheatcheatertricksterbeguilerslicker

2. small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)

   Synonyms

   corn dabcorn dodger

   Broader terms

   cornbread