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語源 1

From Irish dod (“sullenness, anger”).

名詞

dod (plural dods)

1. (Ulster) sulk, huff

語源 2

From Scots daud (“large piece”).

名詞

dod (plural dods)

1. (Ireland) lump

語源 3

Inherited from 中期英語 dodden.

別の表記

• dodd

動詞

dod (third-person singular simple present dods, present participle dodding, simple past and past participle dodded)

1. (transitive) to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails, or horns from a cattle; to lop or clip off
   • 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Perth:

     Angus-shire dodded cattle

   • 1906, The Flock Book of Wensleydale Blue-faced Sheep, page 57:

     Messrs. Toogood and Son’s Bronze Championship Medal for best dodded sheep of any pure breed.

派生語

語源 4

Abbreviation of "Tommy Dodd".

名詞

dod (plural dods)

1. (rail transport, UK) A ground signal, such as a shunting disc.
   • 1951 October, Norman Crump, “Signalling at Thorpe-le-Soken”, in Railway Magazine, page 649:

     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.

参照

参考

• hoddy-dod (etymologically unrelated)

アナグラム

• Odd, DDO, -odd, OD'd, ODD, odd