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Dodd

name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: D AA1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

name

Meaning 2

An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

verb

Meaning 4

Alternative form of dod (to lop or cut off)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

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.