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clod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum |
| Type of | clumsy person |
Examples of clod
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If it'd been just one clod who said it, I wouldn't still be irritated weeks later.
From the kentucky.com
A soil clod is not a ped but rather a mass of soil that results from tillage.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Marc, another such fnarr-fnarring clod, also nails his colours to the mast early on.
From the tv.uk.msn.com
Skin off a hind leg, pumping heart, a clod of dirt and grass in his mouth.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Close your fist when you wave the clod over the dish or you'll fling the object away.
From the scienceblogs.com
Be a little more patient, possibly try to fix the ball with a clod of turf.
From the guardian.co.uk
Andrew Jackson's wife Rachel was widely satirized as a country clod who smoked a pipe.
From the time.com
Sorry, CLOD, your friend isn't going after these types because he's drunk.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Rist is in there, performing a Minnie-Mouse clod-hopping dance routine.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Ball: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
- Lout: an awkward stupid person
- (Clods) The beef clod or shoulder is one of the cheapest cuts of beef and is taken from the shoulder region of the cattle. This is why it is sometimes called chuck or shoulder clod. Beef clod consists of a large muscle system and some fat that covers the muscles. ...
- A lump of something, especially of earth or clay; a stupid person; a dolt
- A compact, coherent mass of soil of variable size, typically produced by plowing, digging, or other mechanical means, especially when these activities take place in areas where the soils are too wet or too dry.
- (n): clot. FS (3-John, Ado, MM); Golding Ovid, Abraham; (anon.) Locrine; Leic Gh.
- A penny (1d). Clod was also used for other old copper coins. From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper). A clod is a lump of earth. A clodhopper is old slang for a farmer or bumpkin or lout, and was also a derogatory term used by the cavalry for infantry foot soldiers.
- A lump of clay which is difficult to break apart.
- Stupid, clumsy person; oaf
