What does "tod" mean?
A male fox.
Tod
/tɑd/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A male fox.
- Grammar: tod is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: dab, pinch, smidgen, tad.
- Useful contrasts: large amount, much, plenty.
- Usage evidence: Who am Ah? Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw. Canniest riever on moss and moor!
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A male fox.
- 2 A bush, especially of ivy.
"His head's yellow, / Hard-haired, and curled, thick-twined like ivy tods, / Not to undo with thunder."
- 3 Initialism of time of death. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"“Now maybe I can get the bodies to the morgue and determine TOD.”"
- 4 Alternative form of TOD. alt-of, alternative
- 5 a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds wordnet
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- 6 A fox in general. Scotland
"Who am Ah? Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw. Canniest riever on moss and moor!"
- 7 An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).
"Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds."
- 8 Initialism of top of descent. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Someone like a fox; a crafty person. figuratively
- 10 Initialism of transfer on death (the account has a beneficiary). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of time-on-device. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of transit-oriented development. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To weigh; to yield in tods. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 alone and on your own wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Todmorden. colloquial
"The Todmorden News carried the comment endorsing that decision: 'This should now send Sainsbury's a clear signal, should they appeal, that they are not welcome in Tod. […]"
- 2 A digital video format by JVC.
- 3 Alternative form of Todd. alt-of, alternative
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Who am Ah? Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw. Canniest riever on moss and moor!"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tod"?
Common synonyms include: dab, pinch, smidgen, tad.
How do you use "tod" in a sentence?
Who am Ah? Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw. Canniest riever on moss and moor!
How do you pronounce "tod"?
Pronounced /tɑd/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English tod, of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Etymology 2, due to its bushy tail.
Etymology 2
Late Middle English, of uncertain origin, but possibly from the same source as German Zotte (“clotted hair”), which see. Also cognate with Saterland Frisian todde (“bundle”), Swedish todd (“mass (of wool)”, dialectal).