Dodgy

Word DODGY
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈdɒdʒ.i/

Definitions and meanings of "Dodgy"

What do we mean by dodgy?

Evasive; shifty. adjective

Unsound, unstable, and unreliable. adjective

So risky as to require very deft handling. adjective

Disposed to dodge; evasive; artful; cunning.

Evasive and shifty adjective

Unsound and unreliable adjective

Dishonest adjective

Risky adjective

Deviant adjective

Uncomfortable and weird adjective

Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk adjective

Marked by skill in deception adjective

Evasive and shifty

Unsound and unreliable

Dishonest

Risky

Deviant

Uncomfortable and weird

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dodgy

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The word "dodgy" in example sentences

The committee's operations hit the headlines late last year when MP David Maynier, the Democratic Alliance defence spokesman, went public with what he described as dodgy deals with countries that had poor human rights records. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Hanlon bodied Ambulances became death traps in dodgy snow/rain/cold snaps. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Something dodgy is going on here as Lakoffian and Joe Brewer said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is part of a group of investors that sent a letter demanding Bank of America buy back some $47 billion in dodgy mortgages. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Olive robert Pattison just looks plain dodgy, what a pity! ❋ Unknown (2010)

The suitors trying to court Katherina's sister Bianca are moderately funny, and the Katherina/Petruchio relationship, though generally very dodgy, is almost sweet in the penultimate scene. ❋ Nwhyte (2008)

This worries me because, whilst I quite understand the need to replace windows from time to time, it looks suspiciously like something dodgy is going on here. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

The LA Weekly's Ella Taylor might disagree: [W] e live in dodgy critical times when aesthetic sophistication trumps moral and political discrimination. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The word dodgy doesnt do any of this activity the remotest justice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But while critics wring their hands about dodgy rumors spreading via social networking sites-which are usually identified as dodgy rumors by those pass them on-few people have engaged in meaningful debate about those relaying information originally "reported" by the dictatorship's media outfits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Knuckle Blaster Stun Gun is intended as a self defence device for people who jog in dodgy areas (and if it’s a really really bad area you could always wear one of these on each hand as well as the defensive jacket). ❋ Unknown (2007)

(*)The word dodgy is a great Australian word meaning one of two things: 1:unreliable, faulty, defective (i.e. the car was dodgy = the car is a lemon). 2:cunning, artful, deceptive (i.e. ❋ Unknown (2005)

On the one had decrying the unreliability and so-called dodgy stats M&M in the hockey stick they then use similar proxy data with the same now strangely not dodgy stats to claim that the MWP was warmer than today. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A coalition of the willing declared war but did not explain why, or the reasons they gave were not the real reasons and something called a dodgy dossier became as smelly as the exam papers of a schoolboy who cheated. ❋ Unknown (2005)

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: British Prime Minister Tony Blair is off the hook in the so-called dodgy dossier case. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And at home, the so-called dodgy dossier on weapons of mass destruction has left to a damaging row with the BBC. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Suzanne, there's an extraordinary row between the government and the British Broadcasting Corporation over the so-called dodgy dossier. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Criticism focused on the so-called "dodgy dossier" which formed part of the case for war, and insufficient plans for the aftermath. ❋ Unknown (2011)

According to Sophos, shortcuts are classified as dodgy if "It is a Control Panel shortcut and it points to an existing file that can be opened for execution, and neither the shortcut nor the shortcut's target are on the computer's local disk." ❋ Unknown (2010)

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What does dodgy mean?

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