English Explanatory Dictionary

mod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  2. A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
  3. Clipping of modification.
  4. An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
  5. A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
  6. Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
  7. A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
  8. A moderately difficult route.
  9. Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
  10. Abbreviation of modulus.
  11. Abbreviation of mode.
  12. Abbreviation of moderate.
verb
  1. To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
  2. To install or create a mod.
  3. To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of moderate.
noun
  1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
adj
  1. Crazy, insane.
name
  1. Initialism of Ministry of Defence.
noun
  1. Initialism of ministry of defense (not retricted to the British War Ministry).
  2. Initialism of maximum operating depth.
  3. Initialism of method of delivery.
adj
  1. Initialism of mesio-occlusal-distal.
name
  1. Initialism of Ministry of Defence.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of ministry of defence (not restricted to the British Ministry of War).

Pronunciation

/mɑd/ /mɒd/ en-au-mod.ogg

Word forms

mod mods modding modded modder moddest

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Synonyms

% modulus trick trick out 5150 bananas barking barking mad buggish buggy bughouse barmy batchy batpoop bats batty bonkers bread baskets cracked crackers cra-cra cray cray-cray crazed crazy crazy as a bedbug crazy as a cootie crazy as a cootie bug crazy as a pet coon cuckoo daffy daft demented deranged distraught disturbed doolally dotty eccentric fruit loops gaga hatstand harebrained insane kooky loon loco loony loony tunes loopy lunatic mad mental mentally ill meshigener meshugge moonsick nerts non compos mentis nonsane

Related words

MoD DOD DND

Derived words

conversion mod minimod modbot modchip modette modmail modpack modster power mod supermod total conversion mod case mod demod mod con moddable modder mod man mod pack pod mod pot mod unmodded
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