Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fit of ill humor or sullenness.
  • To beat; beat out.
  • noun The foxtail reed.
  • noun A shell.
  • noun In tile-making, a mold with an annular throat through which clay is forced to form drain-pipe.
  • To cut off; lop; shear.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun acronym the United States Department of Defense, the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security; created in 1947. It includes within its jurisdiction control of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

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  • noun Ulster sulk, huff
  • verb transitive To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.
  • noun Ireland lump

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  • noun the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

Etymologies

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From Scots daud ("large piece").

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From Irish dod ("sullenness, anger").

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Middle English dodden.

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Examples

  • Why should our defense budget make room for the nations healthcare problems when the primary goal of the dod is to be the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military.

    Sound Politics: I Hate to Say I Told You So 2006

  • Time to call a dod a dog and a terroist a terroist, even if we PROFILE.

    Gingrich: 'Time to Know, to Profile, and to Discriminate' 2009

  • “Hear me,” continued Boone; “she desired me to ask you not to use that ugly word dod-rot any more.”

    Wild Western Scenes Jones, John Beauchamp 1875

  • The second scholar asserted that dod-aarsen, too, alludes to the bird’s bulbous shape: dod from the Dutch for “round heavy lump” and aarsen as cognate to the venerable English “arse.”

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The second scholar asserted that dod-aarsen, too, alludes to the bird’s bulbous shape: dod from the Dutch for “round heavy lump” and aarsen as cognate to the venerable English “arse.”

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • 1423: Hibs's Polish goalie is covered in muck after an afternoon of heroics - including a nice big 'dod' on his shiny noggin.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • Dafydd Wigley (Welsh): Cynulliad yn dathlu dod yn 10 oed

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

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    Ideas Calendar: June 18-24 2011

  • Most tickets are $30 (for two days) to $75 (includes home tours). dod.dwell.com/tickets.

    Ideas Calendar: June 18-24 2011

  • Dafydd Wigley (Welsh): Cynulliad yn dathlu dod yn 10 oed

    The week that was 2009

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