tod
IPA: tˈɑd
noun
- A male fox.
- (chiefly Scotland) A fox in general.
- (figuratively) Someone like a fox; a crafty person.
- A bush, especially of ivy.
- An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).
- (colloquial) Todmorden.
- (video) A digital video format by JVC.
- Alternative form of Todd [An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”).]
- Initialism of time of death.
- (aviation) Initialism of top of descent.
- (gambling) Initialism of time-on-device. [(gambling) The time spent playing on a gaming machine, seen as a metric.]
- (urban studies, transport) Initialism of transit-oriented development.
- Alternative form of TOD [(video) A digital video format by JVC.]
verb
- (obsolete) To weigh; to yield in tods.
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Examples of "tod" in Sentences
- The tod was the same 28-pound measure, used specifically for wool.
- Who can understand the intricacies of "hop-scotch" or the fascination of "tod"?
- i also really like to watch this one guy called tod wilbur who is absolutely fantastic with recreating restaurant foods.
- Why, of course there is skill and fascination in it, for it combines the virtues of golf and baseball, and "tod" is quite as good as a football goal.
- As to toilet etiquette when on your tod, I would suggest that the answer depends on what you plan to do in there and how soon you are expecting people to return.
- I'd been forewarned that I'd be pretty much on my tod for the trip, my hosts all being wondrously insane enough to be putting on the show immediately before finals week.
- The custom is now extinct, but formerly an Ivy bush (called a tod of Ivy) was universally hung out in front of taverns in England, as it still is in Brittany and Normandy.
- "Hop-scotch" season has commenced, and as if by magic the pavements of the narrow streets are covered with chalked lines, geometrical figures and numerals, and the mysterious word "tod" confronts you, stares at you, and puzzles you.
- Jennifer Chen for the Wall Street Journal Ruea Thong's cooks are experts at deep-frying: tod mun goong, shrimp cakes, are light and greaseless, as are the goong foy tod, cakes of baby shrimp that come with a Chinese-style cucumber-chili salad.
- i have kept martin tod, chris rennard, nick clegg and the tory candidate steve brine in the picture about all of this and done my best to be open about the future but its not easy given the amount of hate towards me and the desire some people have to cause trouble.
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