dodd

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noun

A rounded summit of a hill; a lower summit or shoulder to a hill

OriginOld English dydrian →
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Meanings

dodd1

verbdodd (third-person singular simple present dodds, present participle dodding, simple past and past participle dodded)

present singular third person dodds · participle present dodding · participle past dodded · past dodded

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dod (to lop or cut off)
noundodd (plural dodds)

plural dodds

  1. A rounded summit of a hill; a lower summit or shoulder to a hill

Dodd2

proper nounDodd (countable and uncountable, plural Dodds)

plural Dodds · alternative Dod

  1. countableuncountableAn English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.
    1 more example

    As Dodd wrote in ‘The Empty Nest,’ “To me, it was glaringly obvious that parting from a child who has been the centre of your life for twenty-odd years is a really big deal. Yet while new parents are bombarded with advice, empty nest parents are left to muddle through what is arguably the most challenging phase of parenting.”

    2025 August 10, Don Riddell, “Now that my kids are off to college, what’s this empty nester dad to do?”, in CNN
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Englishdydrian“to deceive”
  2. EnglishDodd

Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following: # Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a) # The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person. # The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver. # The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.

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APA

dodd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodd

MLA

“dodd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodd. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dodd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodd.

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