/ˈdɒd͡ʒ.i/
OriginFrom dodge (verb) + -y. First used in mid-19th century England.
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquialEvasive and shifty.
“Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.”
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquialUnsound and unreliable.
“Never listen to dodgy advice.”
“The dodgy old machine kept breaking down.”
- colloquialDishonest.
“The more money the better, because there is always that dodgy politician or corrupt official to bribe.”
“I am sure you wouldn't want to be seen buying dodgy gear, would you? (stolen goods).”
“No doubt you’re tired of reading about his colourful escapades – about his glamorous home, his allegedly dodgy tenderpreneur deals, his gushing praise of malevolent dictators, or his soundly articulat”
- colloquialRisky.
“This is a slightly dodgy plan, because there is a lot that is being changed for this fix.”
““The market is getting edgier and edgier, and what is accepted in the marketplace gets dodgier and dodgier,” said Martin E. Abrams, the executive director of the Center for Information Policy Leadersh”
- colloquialDeviant.
“He's a dodgy Peeping Tom.”
- colloquialUncomfortable and weird.
“The situation was right dodgy.”
“I'm feeling dodgy today, probably got the flu.”
“Churchill's own forefathers were among the dodgiest of the lot -- one a spendthrift, another a child molester, a third so reclusive that he went three years without saying a word.”
Formsdodgier(comparative) · dodgiest(superlative)