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cod | chod |

As a noun chod is

(l).

cod

English

(wikipedia cod)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) codd, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
  • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XV:
  • And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes , that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
    (Mortimer)
  • The scrotum (also in plural).
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.4:
  • that which we call castoreum are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.
  • (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
  • (Halliwell)
    Derived terms
    * codpiece

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately the same as Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

  • A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
  • A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus , such as the .
  • Derived terms
    * bay cod * codfish * codling * cod liver oil * rock cod * shore cod

    Etymology 3

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joke or an imitation.
  • I assume it all could just be a cod .
  • A stupid or foolish person.
  • He's making a right cod of himself.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
  • “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
    Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod -classical bombast”.

    Verb

  • (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.
  • Derived terms

    * codswallop

    chod

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A fat person. Short for chodder.
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