very modern; up-to-date; being in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
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.
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
Sometimes Mod a British teenager of the 1960s who affected a very neat, sophisticated appearance and wore fancy clothing inspired by Edwardian dress.
to modify, especially a vehicle or mechanical part.
The car was modded for speed and power.
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.
moderate.
Music. moderato.
modern.
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First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening of modern
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening
By shortening
Something that's stylish or cutting-edge can be called mod. Your mod haircut and outfit might make you feel like the most fashionable person in your neighborhood. Just don't leave your hood. Mod is informal slang for modern, and the two words can be used interchangeably. You can also use mod to talk about the specific 1960s subculture of young jazz and soul fans and motor scooter enthusiasts. Young men and women who dressed in stylish, sophisticated suits and mini skirts, who favored Italian scooters and danced at clubs to R & B music were called mods, originally in contrast to the grungier "rockers."
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The r/FreeLuigi mod suggested that this was to placate advertisers, since Reddit is now suffused with customized ads whose vendors would prefer not to be seen as endorsing contentious topics.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025
The mod she had in mind was eventually dubbed “African Dawn.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2025
So, we meet him in like ’61, ’62 and then ’63, ’64 and then, of course, ’65, when he’s adopted this very mod look, having been to England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Luckily, this hotel is just a few miles from her daughter Emma's home, where Susan is regularly welcomed for hot meals, company and access to mod cons.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
I got an earful from Big Ma, but she paid for the mod jumper.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
This last category of ’90s babydoll dresses, the ones that hung on the racks at Express and Rampage and Merry-Go-Round, weren’t Mod, weren’t punk, and weren’t Kinderwhore.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The Mod was a mohair-buttoned masher on speed: a dedicated follower of fashion who lived for the weekend and rode a Vespa instead of a velocipede.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Midsize chains including Blaze Pizza and Mod Pizza have closed locations over the past two years as they work to turn around their brands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall, the stars of Netflix’s “One Day,” discuss the latest adaptation of David Nicholls’ book, their chemistry and how things end for their characters, Emma and Dexter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Beyond the Mod Cate and the desolation that had once been the filmmaker and wharves, the river itself seemed to have taken fire.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
"I don't think I'd be fighting now if I met a mod. I'm 71," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2014
"Ta'ám," which has many meanings: in mod. parlance it would signify millet holcus seed.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The word “gravel” is adapted from the O. Fr. gravele, mod. gravelle, dim. of grave, coarse sand, sea-shore, Mod.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Milton. pros. prosody. coll., colloq. colloquially. min. mineralogy. prov. provincial. comp. comparative. mod. modern. q.v. which see. conch. conchology.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
In old Turk. it means, a Prince of the blood; in mod. times a gentleman, Greek or European.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The MOD says it has no jurisdiction over sites that are no longer MOD-owned or maintained, however any claims from current owners will be dealt with on a site-by-site basis.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The documents date back to 1997 when the MOD was looking to sell the site following four decades of presence by the United States Air Force.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
To get a sense of the shortfall, consider this: the Treasury is currently thinking of giving the MOD an extra £13bn or so over the next four years.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
But drone technology has progressed quickly in the 14 years since it was introduced, the MOD said, something which has been particularly obvious during the Ukraine war.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
Par knew what they were looking for: evidence against the MOD boys.
From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette
Apart from the mix of aftermarket keycaps, I also replaced the switches with my own set of Kailh box silver switches that I’ve modded myself to be just a little quieter.
From The Verge ● Jun. 21, 2022
The Verge has even made one — one of our producers, Creighton DeSimone, modded a G4 using a Surface tablet so hosts of a live YouTube show could use it.
From The Verge ● Mar. 14, 2022
Every month I scour the Internet looking for some prime examples of modded computers.
From Forbes ● Jul. 30, 2014
When the Model T-Ford was first introduced in 1908 it was embraced and "modded" by rural farming communities.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2013
It was possible for hackers to use modded visors to spoof their retinal patterns and thus create a second account for themselves.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
To celebrate the launch of the show, CD Projekt Red is also launching an Edgerunners-themed update to the game, including a new tool called REDmod that aims to make modding Cyberpunk 2077 an easier experience.
From The Verge ● Sep. 6, 2022
ModDB, another popular modding site, also deleted similar uploads to its site this week.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2022
So if you’ve been looking forward to modding your brand new Pixel 6A, you shouldn’t have to wait too much longer.
From The Verge ● Jul. 31, 2022
While some will call the enormous power and cooling unit cheating, the entire project is still a fascinating 30-minute journey into the trial and error of modding consoles.
From The Verge ● Jun. 21, 2022
But when can I get a liquid-cooled RTX card without modding?
From The Verge ● May 24, 2022
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