Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut off; lop; shear.
- 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.
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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Ireland
lump - noun Ulster
sulk ,huff - verb transitive To
cut off , aswool fromsheep 'stails ; tolop orclip off.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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1423: Hibs's Polish goalie is covered in muck after an afternoon of heroics - including a nice big 'dod' on his shiny noggin.
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Dafydd Wigley (Welsh): Cynulliad yn dathlu dod yn 10 oed
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Most tickets are $30 (for two days) to $75 (includes home tours). dod.dwell.com/tickets.
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Most tickets are $30 (for two days) to $75 (includes home tours). dod.dwell.com/tickets.
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Dafydd Wigley (Welsh): Cynulliad yn dathlu dod yn 10 oed
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