Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Middle Dutch
Origin: Middle Low German sode

sod

1 noun
     
Related topics: Gardening, Soil
sod1
1 [countable] British English informal not polite a very offensive word for someone, especially a man, who you think is stupid or annoying:
• Get up, you lazy sod!
2

be a sod

British English informal not polite to be very difficult to do or deal with:
• That door's a sod to open.
3 [countable usually singular] British English informal not polite used to refer to a person:
• The poor sod 's wife left him.
• You lucky sod!
4

not give/care a sod

British English spoken not polite to not care at all about something:
• I don't give a sod who it is!
5 [uncountable and countable]TASDLG a piece of earth or the layer of earth with grass and roots growing in it
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary