Rod
/ɹɒd/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Rod
noun
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
"When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water."
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
"The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod."
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