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):

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• (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

Derived terms

• spoddy

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź

Proto-Slavic *jьz

Old Polish z

Polish z

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Slavic *-dъ

Proto-Slavic *podъ

Old Polish pod

Polish pod

univ.

Polish spod

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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “spod”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)