ETYM Old Eng. clodde, latter form of clot. Related to Clot.
1. A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.
2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
3. That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.
4. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt.
ETYM Scot.
1. A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club).
2. (Golf) The cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke.
A small measure (usually of food).
1. Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
2. Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
A portion of land covered with grass
Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
ETYM Prov. Eng. tuff, French touffe; of German origin; cf. German zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. Related to Top summit.
1. A bunch of feathers or hair.
2. A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass; SYN. tussock.
ETYM as. turf; akin to Dutch turf peat, German torf, Old High Germ. zurba turf, Swed. and Icel. torf turf, peat, Dan. törv, Skr. darbha a kind of grass, a tuft of grass.
1. The territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own.
2. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots; SYN. sod, sward, greensward.
3. (Informal) Range of jurisdiction or influence.