Synonyms
Noun (1)
Noun (2)
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of sod in a Sentence
Arricca Elin Sansone, ELLE Decor, 22 Aug. 2023
Before any sod is laid on the field, the entire field needs a new drainage system.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2023
The usually pristine greensward at Fenway has patches of sod throughout the outfield, particularly in right field, after the recent Pink and Fall Out Boy concerts.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
The parking lot, sidewalks, pavilion and sod remain damaged.
—Andrew Christiansen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
The exterior includes full sod, a full sprinkler system, landscaping and a stained wood fence.
—Dallas Builders Association, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
Raupp, a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, theorized the worms may have been introduced into Peanut’s yard with an application of mulch or with strips of sod that were placed near the driveway.
—Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
In one of the few patches of sod in a suburban neighborhood just outside the city, her bare feet glide across the blades of grass in tandem with about two dozen other people.
—Seiji Yamashita, ABC News, 8 June 2023
Hodges shot a 63 on Thursday, a 64 on Friday and a 66 on Saturday to take a commanding lead into the final round at the TPC Twin Cities course in Blaine on a former sod farm in suburban Minneapolis.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 31 July 2023
Ernie Suggs, ajc, 26 July 2021
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sode; akin to Old Frisian sātha sod
Noun (2)
short for sodomite
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1653, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1818, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1904, in the meaning defined above
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“Sod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sod. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
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