Meaning and background
The story behind Dodge
Dodge is a familiar English verb for moving quickly aside to avoid something, with documented uses from the sixteenth century. Its deeper word origin remains obscure, despite proposed links with northern English and Scots forms. Dodge can also be recognised as a family name or an American car marque, but those associations do not follow automatically from the verb's etymology. As a dog name its short, punchy sound is undeniable; motive remains unknown.
- Meaning
- To move suddenly aside in order to avoid something Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Dodge appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɑdʒ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dɑdʒ/ · primary stress on syllable 1D AA1 JH
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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