mod
adjective
very modern; up-to-date; being in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
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[mod]
/ mɒd /
adjective
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very modern; up-to-date; being in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
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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
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a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
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Sometimes Mod a British teenager of the 1960s who affected a very neat, sophisticated appearance and wore fancy clothing inspired by Edwardian dress.
mod
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[mod]
/ mɒd /
noun
verb (used with object)
modded,
modding
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to modify, especially a vehicle or mechanical part.
The car was modded for speed and power.
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Computers.
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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.
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to modify (computer hardware), especially the physical appearance of the case.
I want to mod my PC to include LED lights and custom paint.
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mod
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American
[mod]
/ mɒd /
noun
Informal.
Mod
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American
mod.
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American
abbreviation
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moderate.
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Music. moderato.
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modern.
mod
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British
/ mɒd /
noun
mod.
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British
abbreviation
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moderate
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moderato
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modern
MOD
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British
abbreviation
mod
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British
/ mɒd /
noun
mod
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British
/ mɒd /
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of mod1
First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening of modern
Origin of mod2
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening
Origin of mod3
By shortening
Explanation
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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A few months ago, seeking a mechanic to mod my Corolla, I was referred to an auto shop in Garden Grove aka Little Saigon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
Then the company found itself up against a new mod, this time coming from Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2025
Her 200-year-old home has no running water, no central heating, no fridge, nor any of the other mod cons most people would consider essential.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
Finally, I give up and pull out my phone, load up my mod of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and start a new game.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Mod says she doesn't know if on-screen representation is changing, but says she "won't engage" with a role if she thinks its tokenistic or stereotypical.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The thriller also has a dark humour to it, which aligns well with Mod who often brings a dry wit to her characters.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
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
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
"Ghaush" is a tree of hard wood whereof musical instruments were made; hence the mod. words "Ghásha" and "Ghawwasha"=he produced a sound, and "Ghaushah"=tumult, quarrel.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
The word guard is an adaptation of the Fr. guarde, mod. garde, O. Ger. ward; see Guardian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
The MOD describes its No 4 Flying Training School as responsible for training the "next generation of world-class fighter pilots, external".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
An MOD spokesperson said: "The majority of these figures cover years before the substantial changes the government has made to remove over 100 outdated and unnecessary recruitment policies."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“A thorough investigation found no evidence of MOD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
Around the world, hackers were under siege—Par, Pengo, LOD and Erik Bloodaxe, MOD, The Realm hackers, Pad and Gandalf and, most recently, the International Subversives.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
“No voltages etc were modded here, we use our own gamma table.”
From The Verge ● Aug. 12, 2022
Fast forward a few years, and I was a stereotypical techy teen with a jailbroken and modded iPod Touch fourth gen.
From The Verge ● May 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
I’d built it myself, piece by piece, inside a modded mirror-black Odinware sphere chassis.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
ModDB, another popular modding site, also deleted similar uploads to its site this week.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2022
Others noted that Nier: Automata modding has not progressed to the point that whole sections can be created from scratch.
From The Verge ● Jul. 27, 2022
It’s not the end of the world, but it means you’ll have to pick your replacement switches carefully or be prepared to do a little modding.
From The Verge ● Jul. 23, 2022
While the games could scarcely be more different, Morrowind, an epic, fantasy RPG, and Unreal Tournament, a high-octane sci-fi FPS, modding allowed both creators to peer into the proverbial guts of these titles.
From The Verge ● Jun. 29, 2022
But when can I get a liquid-cooled RTX card without modding?
From The Verge ● May 24, 2022
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