dod
nounnounverbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɒd//
- United States//dɑd//
sulk, huff
noun
- 1
sulk, huff
Etymology
From Irish dod (“sullenness, anger”).
noun
- 1
lump
Etymology
From Scots daud (“large piece”).
verb
- 1
to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails, or horns from a cattle; to lop or clip off
Angus-shire dodded cattle
Messrs. Toogood and Son’s Bronze Championship Medal for best dodded sheep of any pure breed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dodden.
noun
- 1
A ground signal, such as a shunting disc.
Shunting discs (or "dods") are generously provided, and following modern practice, most of them permit a movement in any direction for which the road is set.
Etymology
Abbreviation of "Tommy Dodd".
Forms
- plural
- dods
- past tense
- dodded
- past participle
- dodded
- present participle
- dodding
- third person singular
- dods