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sod

1

[ sod ]

noun

  1. a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
  2. the surface of the ground, especially when covered with grass; turf; sward.


verb (used with object)

sodded, sodding.
  1. to cover with sods or sod.

sod

2

[ sod ]

verb

Archaic.
  1. simple past tense of seethe.

sod

3

[ sod ]

noun

Chiefly British Slang: Vulgar.
  1. a chap; fellow; guy:

    You almost feel sorry for the poor sod.

  2. an inconsequential, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  3. Older Use. a gay man.

verb (used with object)

Chiefly British Slang: Vulgar.
sodded, sodding.
  1. to damn:

    Sod the bloody bastard!

verb phrase

  1. to leave (usually as an imperative):

    Why don't you just sod off!

sod

1

/ ²õÉ’»å /

noun

  1. a piece of grass-covered surface soil held together by the roots of the grass; turf
  2. poetic.
    the ground
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cover with sods
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sod

2

/ ²õÉ’»å /

noun

  1. a person considered to be obnoxious
  2. a jocular word for a person

    the poor sod hasn't been out for weeks

  3. sod all slang.
    nothing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. sod it
    a strong exclamation of annoyance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ´Ç»å»å¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ´Ç»ål±ð²õ²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sod1

First recorded in 1475–1525; late Middle English sod(de), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sode “t³Ü°ù´Úâ€

Origin of sod2

First recorded in 1810–15; by shortening of sodomite ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sod1

C15: from Low German; compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch sode; related to Old Frisian ²õÄå³Ù³ó²¹

Origin of sod2

C19: shortened from sodomite
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Michael described himself as a "very awkward, slightly porky, very strange-looking bloke" who walked into his first day of school with a mop of curly hair and wearing "sodding great big window-frame glasses."

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Is there really anything to be gained from being served yet another reminder every single time we open a sodding email?

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Midway through the novel, Lennon tells Anton he’s his father’s “sodding Cyrano de Bergerac.â€

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“This path must be laid out like a sodding maze,†said Alice.

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Despite the rain he jolted around the grounds to direct planting and sodding and every morning at dawn attended Burnham’s mandatory muster of key men.

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