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clodding

clodding is the present participle and gerund of clod.

Meaning of clod

Verb

clod (third-person singular simple present clods, present participle clodding, simple past and past participle clodded)

  1. (transitive) To pelt with clods.
    • "When I went there yesterday evening in the gloaming it had crept down and was trying to catch the little speckled fishes that play in the pool, and I had to clod it to make it go up the tree again and let them alone."1906, Mark Twain, Eve's Diary
  2. (Scotland, transitive) To throw violently; to hurl.
    • "So, sir, she grippit him, and clodded him like a stane from the sling ower the craigs of Warroch-head"1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
  3. To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot.
    • Clodded in lumps of clay.1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph

See all 7 meanings of clod

Noun

clodding (plural cloddings)

  1. The act of pelting somebody with clods.
    • Stone throwing and cloddings have much in common. The witches openly cast stones. The cloddings took place by the instrumentality of an unseen agent, usually supposed to be in league with Satan.1988, Dennis Smith, The County of Kincardine, page 63

Forms of clodding

pluralcloddings

Questions about clodding

What does clodding mean?
Clodding means the act of pelting somebody with clods.
What is clodding the present participle and gerund of?
Clodding is the present participle and gerund of clod.
What part of speech is clodding?
Clodding is a noun.
What is the plural of clodding?
The plural of clodding is cloddings.

Words near clodding in the dictionary

  1. clodded
  2. cloddier
  3. cloddiest
  4. cloddily
  5. cloddiness
  6. clodding
  7. cloddings
  8. cloddish
  9. cloddishly
  10. cloddishness
  11. cloddy

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