dod

to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails, or horns from a cattle; to lop or clip off

Noun Ulster

  1. sulk, huff

Origin

From Irish dod (“sullenness, anger”).

Forms

dods

Noun Ireland

  1. lump

Origin

From Scots daud (“large piece”).

Forms

dods

Noun rail transport, railways

  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. - 1951 October, Norman Crump, “Signalling at...

Origin

Abbreviation of "Tommy Dodd".

Forms

dods

Related

hoddy-dod

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 - 1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Perth:
    • 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:

Origin

Etymology tree Middle English dodden English dod Inherited from Middle English dodden.

Forms

dods dodding dodded dodd

Derived

doddard dodman