English Explanatory Dictionary

cod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
  2. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
  3. A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
  4. An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
  5. Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
  6. Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
noun
  1. A small bag or pouch.
  2. A husk or integument; a pod.
  3. The cocoon of a silkworm.
  4. The scrotum.
  5. A pillow or cushion.
noun
  1. A joke or an imitation.
  2. A stupid or foolish person.
adj
  1. Having the character of imitation; jocular.
  2. Bad.
verb
  1. To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
  2. To joke; to kid.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of COD (“Call of Duty”).
name
  1. Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary.
  2. Acronym of Call of Duty.
noun
  1. Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery.
  2. Initialism of cause of death.
  3. Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis.
  4. Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder.

Pronunciation

/kɒd/ /kɑd/ en-us-cod.ogg En-us-COD.oga

Word forms

cod cods more cod most cod codding codded C.O.D.

Etymology

From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin: * Oldest English form cotfich as a surname in the 13th century; for more see cot (“chamber, cottage”). * A bag or pouch, related to its bloated shape; see Etymology 2 below. * From Latin gadus, from Ancient Greek γάδος (gádos, “cod”) with a possible pre-Greek or Semitic origin; for more see Atargatis, Cetus, and κῆτος (kêtos). Cognate with the genus name, translingual Gadus.

Synonyms

codfish common cod milwell Scotch cod alcatote asshat arsehole asshole bayard berk birdbrain blither bobchin bonehead bozo buffoon brickhead Charlie chucklehead chowderhead chump clart clown der-brain dill pickle dim bulb dimwit dingleberry dipshit dipstick dirtbrain div divvo divvy dolt donk doodle doofus dope dork dote dotterel dullard dumbass dumbbell dumbo dumb fuck dummy dunce dunderhead dupe fathead fenderhead fiddle fuckwit fuzznut geck gig gink goober

Antonyms

bona

Related words

codswallop

Derived words

Antarctic cod Arctic cod Atlantic cod Atlantic tomcod bank cod Nototheniidae barramundi cod bastard cod bay cod black-arse cod black cod Bloomfield River cod blue cod blue eye cod bluenose cod breaksea cod brown cod brown spotted reef cod buffalo cod Cape Cod chiseltooth grenadier cod clam cod Clarence River cod coal cod cod banger cod-banger codbank cod-bank cod-chest cod chowder cod-chowder cod end codfish aristocracy cod-fish aristocracy codfish cod-fish codfisher cod-fisher codfisherman cod-fisherman cod fishery cod-fishery cod fishing cod-fishing cod hook cod-hook cod icefish cod Latin Cod League codlet codline cod line cod-line codling cod liver cod liver oil cod-liver oil cod-man codmop cod-mop cod oil

Translations

Abenaki: nokamagw Albanian: meluc Aleut: ptxitax Arabic: غَادُس Arabic: قُدّ Arabic: مُورَة Arabic: بَقَلَة Armenian: ձողաձուկ Asturian: bacaláu Bashkir: тәрәс Basque: bakailao Belarusian: трэска́ Bulgarian: тре́ска Burmese: ကော့ဒ်ငါး Catalan: bacallà Chinese Mandarin: 鱈魚 /鳕鱼 Cornish: barvus Czech: treska Danish: torsk Dutch: kabeljauw Esperanto: moruo Estonian: tursk Faroese: toskur Finnish: turska French: morue French: cabillaud Galician: bacallau Georgian: ვირთევზა German: Kabeljau German: Dorsch Greek: μπακαλιάρος Ancient Greek: καλλαρίας Ancient Greek: γάδος Ancient Greek: ὀνίσκος Greenlandic: saarullik Hawaiian: pakaliao Hebrew: שִׁבּוּט Hebrew: בָּקָלָה Hebrew: זְאֵב יָם Hungarian: tőkehal Icelandic: þorskur Ido: moruo Ido: gado Ingrian: treska Irish: trosc Irish: bod donn Irish: bod rua Italian: merluzzo Japanese: 鱈 Kazakh: нәлім Kazakh: сетінек Korean: 대구 Latvian: menca
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