daud

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noun

A blow, a heavy thump.

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Meanings

noundaud (plural dauds)

plural dauds · alternative dawd · alternative dod

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandarchaicA blow, a heavy thump.
  2. A piece of something, especially something with an irregular shape.

    Great dauds o' blaze I've seen him split to sclaffers, / Some thick, some thin, some limp as ony waifers

    1884, James and Ellen Nicolson, Willie Waugh, page 20
verbdaud (third-person singular simple present dauds, present participle dauding, simple past and past participle dauded)

present singular third person dauds · participle present dauding · participle past dauded · past dauded · alternative dawd · alternative dod

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandarchaicTo throw or dash (something).

Origin

Imitative of a heavy thump. Attested from the end of the 16th century.

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APA

daud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daud

MLA

“daud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daud. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daud,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daud.

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