mod

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adjective
  1. very modern; up-to-date; being in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.

  2. Sometimes Mod . of or relating to a style of dress of the 1960s, typified by miniskirts, bell-bottom trousers, boots, and bright colors and patterns.

noun
  1. a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.

  2. Sometimes Mod . a British teenager of the 1960s who affected a very neat, sophisticated appearance and wore fancy clothing inspired by Edwardian dress.

Origin of mod

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First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening of modern

Other definitions for mod (2 of 5)

mod2
[ mod ]

noun
  1. an act or instance of modifying; modification.

verb (used with object),mod·ded, mod·ding.
  1. to modify, especially a vehicle or mechanical part: The car was modded for speed and power.

  2. Computers.

    • to rewrite programming code in (a video game) in order to change the appearance or performance of the software: I modded the game to increase the field of vision.

    • to modify (computer hardware), especially the physical appearance of the case: I want to mod my PC to include LED lights and custom paint.

Origin of mod

2
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening

Other definitions for mod (3 of 5)

mod3
[ mod ]

nounInformal.
  1. the moderator of an online message board: Notify a mod immediately if another member is harassing you.

Origin of mod

3
By shortening

Other definitions for Mod (4 of 5)

Mod

abbreviation
  1. modal auxiliary.

Other definitions for mod. (5 of 5)

mod.

abbreviation
  1. moderate.

  2. Music. moderato.

  1. modern.

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How to use mod in a sentence

  • But now, suddenly, they seemed near to him—nearer and more overpowering than the First in Mods had ever been.

    Zuleika Dobson | Max Beerbohm
  • She had spent a year at Somerville, though she had gone down without trying for a place in either 'Mods.'

    The Talking Horse | F. Anstey
  • Herbert had passed as shiningly in mods and divinity and all the rest of it as Jack had passed before the Marine Board.

    Johnny Ludlow. First Series | Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for mod (1 of 5)

mod1

/ (mɒd) /


noun
  1. British

    • a member of a group of teenagers in the mid-1960s, noted for their clothes-consciousness and opposition to the rockers

    • a member of a revived group of this type in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for their clothes-consciousness and opposition to the skinheads

    • (as modifier): a mod haircut

Origin of mod

1
C20: from modernist

British Dictionary definitions for mod (2 of 5)

mod2

/ (mɒd) /


noun
  1. an annual Highland Gaelic meeting with musical and literary competitions

Origin of mod

2
C19: from Gaelic mòd assembly, from Old Norse; related to moot

British Dictionary definitions for mod (3 of 5)

mod3

/ (mɒd) maths /


abbreviation for
  1. modulus

British Dictionary definitions for MOD (4 of 5)

MOD

abbreviation for(in Britain)
  1. Ministry of Defence

British Dictionary definitions for mod. (5 of 5)

mod.

abbreviation for
  1. moderate

  2. moderato

  1. modern

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