Definition of dodges:
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
(v) :
(transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
(v) :
(transitive) To elude.
(n) :
An act of dodging.
(n) :
A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
(v) :
(transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.