sod
pronunciation
How to pronounce sod in British English:
UK [sɒd]
How to pronounce sod in American English:
US [sɑd]
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- Noun:
- surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots
- someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- an informal British term for a youth or man
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- Verb:
- cover with sod
Word Origin
- sod
- sod: see sodomy
- sod (n.1)
- "turf, slice of earth with grass on it," mid-15c., apparently from Middle Dutch sode "turf," or Middle Low German sode, both related to Old Frisian satha "sod," all of uncertain origin. Perhaps the notion is water saturation and the group is related to sog. The (old) sod "Ireland" is from 1812.
- sod (n.2)
- term of abuse, 1818, short for sodomite (also see sodomy). British colloquial sod-all "nothing" is attested from 1958.
- sod (v.1)
- c. 1400, "to cover with sod," from sod (n.). Related: Sodded; sodding.
- sod (v.2)
- in sod off (1960), British slang term of dismissal; see sod (n.2).
Example
- 1. But why cover your car in sod ?
- 2. Native grasses , a natural habitat for badgers and coyotes , still thicken the sod .
- 3. The uk independence party 's election poster urged voters to " sod " mr brown , mr cameron and mr clegg .
- 4. I saw old hezekiah davisson buried in it , and the shovels full of earth that the negroes threw on him were as black as their faces , and the sod over that land is as clean as a woman 's hair .