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dods

dods is the plural of dod.

Meaning of dod

Noun (1)

dod (plural dods)

  1. (Ulster) sulk, huff

Noun (2)

dod (plural dods)

  1. (Ireland) lump

Noun (3)

dod (plural dods)

  1. (UK) 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 Thorpe-le-Soken”, in Railway Magazine, page 649

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Noun capitalized: DODs

DODs

  1. (plural) plural of DOD.

Proper noun capitalized: Dods

Dods

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin of dods

From Dodd + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Middle English Dodd.

Questions about dods

What does dods mean?
Dods means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What is dods the plural of?
Dods is the plural of dod.
What part of speech is dods?
Dods can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near dods in the dictionary

  1. Dodonovo
  2. dodos
  3. dodrans
  4. Dodrill
  5. Dodrills
  6. dods
  7. Dodson
  8. Dodsworth
  9. Dodsworths
  10. Dodwell
  11. Dodwellian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dods (page history and authors); DODs (page history and authors); Dods (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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