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sodding

sodding is the present participle and gerund of sod.

Meaning of sod

Verb (1)

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

  1. To cover with sod.
    • He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

Verb (2)

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
  2. (Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
    • Sod him!/Sod it!/Sod that bastard!

See all 14 meanings of sod

Adjective

sodding (not comparable)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, mildly, vulgar) An intensifier.
    • Open the sodding door!

Words formed from sodding

Phrases with sodding

Questions about sodding

What does sodding mean?
Sodding means an intensifier.
What is sodding the present participle and gerund of?
Sodding is the present participle and gerund of sod.
What part of speech is sodding?
Sodding is an adjective.

Words near sodding in the dictionary

  1. soddered
  2. soddering
  3. sodders
  4. soddie
  5. soddies
  6. sodding
  7. sodding hell
  8. sodding off
  9. soddy
  10. soddyite
  11. sodeinly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sodding (page history and authors); sod (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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