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dodd

dodd is the alternative form of dod.

Meaning of dod

Verb

dod (third-person singular simple present dods, present participle dodding, simple past and past participle dodded)

  1. (transitive) to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails, or horns from a cattle; to lop or clip off
    • Angus-shire dodded cattle1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Perth

See all 4 meanings of dod

Noun

dodd (plural dodds)

  1. A rounded summit of a hill; a lower summit or shoulder to a hill

Proper noun capitalized: Dodd

Dodd (countable and uncountable, plural Dodds)

  1. An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.
    • As Dodd wrote in ‘The Empty Nest,’ “To me, it was glaringly obvious that parting from a child who has been the centre of your life for twenty-odd years is a really big deal. Yet while new parents are bombarded with advice, empty nest parents are left to muddle through what is arguably the most...2025 August 10, Don Riddell, “Now that my kids are off to college, what’s this empty nester dad to do?”, in CNN
  2. An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.

Forms of dodd

Verb
third-person singular presentdodds
present participledodding
past participledodded
pastdodded
Noun
pluraldodds
Proper noun
pluralDodds
alternative formDod

Origin of dodd

Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following: # Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a) # The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person. # The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver. # The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.

Words formed from dodd

Questions about dodd

What does dodd mean?
Dodd means a rounded summit of a hill; a lower summit or shoulder to a hill.
What is dodd the alternative form of?
Dodd is the alternative form of dod.
What part of speech is dodd?
Dodd can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of dodd?
The plural of dodd is dodds.

Words near dodd in the dictionary

  1. Doda District
  2. dodab
  3. dodabs
  4. dodad
  5. dodads
  6. dodd
  7. doddard
  8. doddards
  9. doddart
  10. doddarts
  11. dodded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dodd (page history and authors); Dodd (page history and authors); dod (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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