Rod Definition
rŏd
rods
noun
rods
A straight, slender shoot or stem cut from, or still part of, a bush or tree.
Webster's New World
Any straight, or almost straight, stick, shaft, bar, staff, etc., of wood, metal, or other material.
Curtain rods, a lightning rod.
Webster's New World
An offshoot or branch of a family or tribe; stock or race.
Webster's New World
A stick or switch, or a bundle of sticks or switches, for beating as punishment.
Webster's New World
Punishment; chastisement.
Webster's New World
idiom
ride the rods
- to steal a ride on a freight train
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Rod
Noun
Singular:
rodPlural:
rodsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rod
- ride the rods
Origin of Rod
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Abbreviated form of “Rodney" and of “Roderick", both with roots originating from Germanic hrōd (“fame")
From Wiktionary
Old English *rodd or *rodde (attested in dative plural roddum), of uncertain origin.
From Wiktionary
Middle English rodd from Old English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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