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dod en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/dɑd/ (General-American)
/dɒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Irish dod (“sullenness, anger”).

Meanings

(Ulster) sulk, huff

Forms

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dods	Number=Plur		lexicographic

dod en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/dɑd/ (General-American)
/dɒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Scots daud (“large piece”).

Meanings

(Ireland) lump

Forms

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dods	Number=Plur		lexicographic

dod en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

/dɑd/ (General-American)
/dɒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dodden.

Meanings

(transitive) to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails, or horns from a cattle; to lop or clip off
- Messrs. Toogood and Son’s Bronze Championship Medal for best dodded sheep of any pure breed. 1906, The Flock Book of Wensleydale Blue-faced Sheep, page 57:
- Angus-shire dodded cattle 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Perth:

Forms

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dodding	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
dodd		alternative	lexicographic
dodded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
dodded	Tense=Past		lexicographic
dods	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

Deriveds

doddard · dodman

dod en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

/dɑd/ (General-American)
/dɒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Abbreviation of "Tommy Dodd".

Meanings

(UK) 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. 1951 October, Norman Crump, “Signalling at Thorpe-le-Soken”, in Railway Magazine, page 649:

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