spod

See also: SPOD and spód

English

Etymology

Origin unknown; possibly related to English spud, in the sense of a potato.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɒd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /spɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

spod (plural spods)

1. (Internet) One who uses talkers, an early form of chat room.
2. (colloquial) One who studies excessively and is disliked by fellow students because of it; a swot.
3. (colloquial) One who wastes time on nonproductive activities online.
4. (colloquial) A person of clumsy or awkward appearance.
5. (fishing) A container used to distribute a large amount of bait in a single cast.

Synonyms

• (fishing) bait rocket

Verb

spod (third-person singular simple present spods, present participle spodding, simple past and past participle spodded)

1. (fishing) To fish using a spod.

Anagrams

• ODPs, SDPO, pods, PODs, dops, DPOs, PDOs

Polish

Alternative forms

• spode

Etymology

Univerbation of z +‎ pod. Doublet of spód.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: spod
• Homophone: spot

Preposition

spod

1. from under [with genitive]
2. from the neighborhood [with genitive]

Related terms

• spomiędzy
• sponad
• spopod
• spośród
• spoza

Further reading

• spod in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• spod in Polish dictionaries at PWN