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hodding

hodding is the present participle and gerund of hod.

Meaning of hod

Verb

hod (third-person singular simple present hods, present participle hodding, simple past and past participle hodded)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To bob up and down on horseback, as an inexperienced rider may do; to jog.
    • To have caught young wild ducks—a dozen— / So we "hodded" them in a hat to town, / To get them "pot-luck"—at least a "shake down," / With some tame, domestic cousin.1851, J. de Jean [i.e., John de Jean Fraser], “The Wild Ducks”, in Poems, Dublin: James McGlashan, […]; London; Liverpool: W[illia]m S. Orr and Co., →OCLC, stanza 2, page 144

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Questions about hodding

What is hodding the present participle and gerund of?
Hodding is the present participle and gerund of hod.

Words near hodding in the dictionary

  1. Hoddesdon
  2. Hoddeson
  3. Hoddesons
  4. hoddie
  5. hoddies
  6. hodding
  7. Hoddinott
  8. hoddle
  9. hoddled
  10. hoddles
  11. Hoddles Creek

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