Contrivance vs. Dodge
Contrivancenoun
a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
Contrivancenoun
a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
Contrivancenoun
something overly artful or artificial
Contrivancenoun
The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
Contrivancenoun
The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement.
Contrivancenoun
a device that is very useful for a particular job
Contrivancenoun
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill;
Contrivancenoun
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;
Contrivancenoun
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.;
Contrivancenoun
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Contrivancenoun
the act of devising something
Dodgeverb
(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
Dodgeverb
To avoid; to sidestep.
Dodgeverb
(archaic) To go hither and thither.
Dodgeverb
To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
Dodgeverb
(transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
Dodgeverb
To trick somebody.
Dodgenoun
An act of dodging.
Dodgenoun
A trick, evasion or wile.
Dodgenoun
(slang) A line of work.
Dodgeadjective
(Australian) dodgy
Dodgeverb
To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
Dodgeverb
To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
Dodgeverb
To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
Dodgeverb
Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
Dodgeverb
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
Dodgenoun
The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.
Dodgenoun
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;
Dodgenoun
a quick evasive movement
Dodgenoun
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Dodgeverb
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid;
Dodgeverb
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course;
Dodgeverb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
Dodge
Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles include performance cars, though for much of its existence Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above Plymouth.
