clod UK /klɒd/US /klɑd/noun 4verb 3forms 3 noun4 •A lump of something, especially earth or clay.The earth that casteth up from the plough a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod. — 1627 •A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper.The vulgar, a scarce animated clod — 1675 •Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. •The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.the clod where once their sultan's horse hath trod — 1723 verb3 •To pelt with clods.when I came out and started to hoist it to the mule's back they rushed at me and jerked my suspenders down and then they clodded me with chunks of dirt — 1959 •(Scotland) To throw violently; to hurl."So, sir, she grippit him, and clodded him like a stane from the sling ower the craigs of Warroch-head" — 1815 •To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot.Clodded in lumps of clay. — 1610 formsclodded · clodding · clods
