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(up), fix: We doctored the tyre as best we could. 4 falsify,
tamper with, adulterate, disguise, change, modify, alter; cut,
dilute, water (down); spike; drug, poison: This sauce has been
doctored.
doctrine n. teaching, body of instruction, precept; principle, tenet,
dogma, article of faith, canon, conviction, creed, belief,
credo, opinion, idea, concept, theory, proposition, thesis,
postulate: Few believe the doctrine that all men are created
equal.
document n. 1 paper, certificate, instrument, report, chronicle, record:
All the legal documents are at my lawyer's office.
--v. 2 record, chronicle, particularize, detail, describe;
verify, validate, certify, authenticate, corroborate,
substantiate: Detectives have documented every move you made
since the murder.
doddering adj. shaking, quaking, palsied, trembling, trembly, quivering,
quavering, reeling, unsteady, shaky, staggering, shambling,
decrepit, faltering; feeble, weak, frail, infirm; aged, old,
superannuated, senile, anile: Once a vigorous sportsman, his
illness has reduced him to a doddering octogenarian.
dodge v. 1 dart, shift, move aside, sidestep, duck, bob, weave,
swerve, veer: He dodged here and there across the traffic. 2
avoid, elude, evade, escape from: He neatly dodged the punches
of his opponent. 3 escape from answering, sidestep, duck,
evade, hedge; quibble, tergiversate, double-talk, Colloq waffle:
She dodged the questions put to her by the interviewer.
--n. 4 trick, subterfuge, ploy, scheme, ruse, device,
stratagem, plan, plot, machination, chicane, deception,
prevarication, contrivance, evasion, Slang wheeze, racket:
Crenshaw worked out a new dodge to avoid paying tax.
dodgy adj. tricky, dangerous, perilous, risky, difficult, ticklish,
sensitive, delicate, touchy; uncertain, unreliable; rickety,
Colloq chancy, hairy, Brit dicky, dicey: Climbing up the sheer
face of that rock could be a bit dodgy. You shouldn't be
exerting yourself with your dodgy ticker.