dodge

Naija

Alternative forms

• expand 0.68 38, prosecute 0.68 50, regulate 0.67 41, divert 0.62 15, donate 0.62 97, avoid 0.60 203, distribute 0.59 47, quench 0.59 69, freeze 0.59 60

Etymology

Borrowed from English dodge

Pronunciation

• dɔ̂dʒ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 59
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2860

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Verb

dodge: dock, hide from, evade, avoid -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Any bad plan wey you get for me, I dodge am.  — (Any evil intent you have for me, I evade it.)

2. obj (frequency:8)

   so for sure, we no go allow anybody dodge our tax net, na so im tok.  — (bbc__8031, __no translation__)

   E go dey use am dodge im work to help dem and care for dem.— Mark 7:11 .  — (jw__30092, __no translation__)

3. mark-obj (frequency:5)

   But e go fly pass Syria and Iraq to dodge katakata wey dey appen for dose areas.  — (bbc__22575, __no translation__)

   Dem build am to attack three important part of di virus, so dat e go dey hard for HIV to dodge am.  — (bbc__42380, __no translation__)

4. - (frequency:3)

   Well, na so our Pidgin news go take dodge, before I comot kpatakpatamake I tell una di ones wey carry dat isakpagri for inside again.  — (deuber__1793, __no translation__)

   As per Weinstein, weda na true say im wan help imsef or im just dey dodge responsibility for im behaviour, di pipo wey I follow yan sabi di difference between wen pesin gree to do kerewa wit you and wen rape enta di mata.  — (bbc__17313, __no translation__)

5. obl:mod (frequency:3)

   Na so our Pidgin news go take style dodge for today.  — (deuber__6269, __no translation__)

   Ten minutes na im e take dodge two o'clock, time don reach make una hear our Pidgin news.  — (deuber__6272, __no translation__)

6. aux-mark-obj (frequency:2)

   VAIDS na like amnesty programme wey government start on 29 June 2017 for people wey dey dodge tax and to also increase di tax wey dey enter dia hand.  — (bbc__97489, __no translation__)

   Nigeria na di African nation wey get people pass Nigeria government say dem go soon start to dey shame and call di name of di people and company dem wey dey dodge tax payment.  — (bbc__73874, __no translation__)

7. aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)

   Oders dey dodge am.  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__48, Others have dodged it.)

   For Twitter, Nigerians don react to di alarm wey Mr Yakasai raise, and also drop advise on top how people fit dodge di fake Coartem.  — (bbc__50747, __no translation__)

8. aux-mark-nsubj (frequency:2)

   Di koko be say di spoilers wey you dey dodge na di big big entertainment news for plenti tori.  — (bbc__35463, __no translation__)

   if Minister give any order as e dey for Subsection of dis part, e go stil go collect special order from Court wey e name bi mandamus to fit support di action wey im go take so dat by fire by force dem go do wetin dey di work wey dem bi don dodge.  — (hildrights__1451, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• expand 0.68 38, prosecute 0.68 50, regulate 0.67 41, divert 0.62 15, donate 0.62 97, avoid 0.60 203, distribute 0.59 47, quench 0.59 69, freeze 0.59 60

Antonyms

• expand 0.68 38, prosecute 0.68 50, regulate 0.67 41, divert 0.62 15, donate 0.62 97, avoid 0.60 203, distribute 0.59 47, quench 0.59 69, freeze 0.59 60

Translations

• English: dock, hide from, evade, avoid