Word for trying to avoid eye contact

If two people are trying to avoid eye contact with each other, either out of hatred or just out of lack of interest, can we have one word for this situation?

I am not sure if 'dodge' can be used. In any case, I am thinking of another word which I think I heard in Friends TV series. Perhaps I think Chandler and Joey were avoiding Ross, and Ross confronted them, and used a word starting with B, which meant avoiding. Not able to recall that word. So maybe I am also looking for a word where people are avoiding eye contact for a long period of time.

Sentences: 1. When they met in the hallway, they dodged each other, and went about their business. 2. They have been circumventing each other for days now.

I wish dodge or circumvent could be replaced with better verbs here. Something that clearly hints about avoiding eye contact.

Solution 1:

You're looking for a single word, right? Avoiding "eye contact" for any reason (shyness, hatred, no interest, contempt) is simply "avoiding eye contact". There is no single word to cover all possibilities.