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As nouns the difference between sod and soc

is that sod is that stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward while soc is sociology or social science.

As a verb sod

is to cover with sod.

As an interjection sod

is expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

As an adjective sod

is boiled.

As an initialism SOC is

initialism of w:System-on-a-Chip|System-on-(a-)Chip|lang=en.

sod

English

Etymology 1

(en)

Noun

(-)
  • (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
  • * Collins
    • She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
  • Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
    • The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
    Related terms
    * soddie

    Verb

    (sodd)
  • To cover with sod.
    • He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

    Etymology 2

    From sodomize, by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
  • (British, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; (often qualified with an adjective).
    • You mean old sod !
    poor sod
    unlucky sod
    Derived terms
    * Sod’s law

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (UK, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

    • Verb

    (sodd)
  • (transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
  • (transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
    • Sod''' him!'', '''''Sod''' it!'', '''''Sod that bastard!
    Derived terms
    * sod off

    Etymology 3

    Originally a the past participle ((sodden)).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (seethe)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Boiled.
  • *, New York, 2001, p.223:
    • Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod ,is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
  • (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
    • sod damper

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
  • * 1954 , Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid'', quoted in Tom Burton, ''Words in Your Ear , Wakefield Press (1999), ISBN 1-86254-475-1, page 120:
    • And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod , so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The rock dove.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    soc

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science
  • (slang, countable) upper class youth
  • * 1967 , , The Outsiders , page 2:
    • We get jumped by the Socs . I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.
    Alternative forms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * sock, soke

    Noun

  • (UK, legal, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
  • (UK, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
  • (UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
    • Derived terms
    * soc and sac (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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