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mod

UK/mɒd/US/mɑd/

mod noun: an unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses. Also the clipping of modification.

Noun (1)

mod (countable and uncountable, plural mods)

  1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  2. (UK) 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.
    • It was “Mods” against “Rockers” and the police against both as this quiet seaside town of 28,000 exploded with teen‐age violence during the Easter weekend. […] The “Mods” or “Moderns” wear sharply cut Italian‐style suits and long, pointed “winklepicker” shoes. They ride motor scooters fitted with...1964 March 31, “Rival Teen‐Age Gangs Terrorize British Sea Resort”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2024
  3. An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
    • Since Doom II, thousands of gamers had begun modifying id's products and making them available for free online. Doom fans would communicate entirely over the Internet to create mods of the game—often never even meeting in person or, for that matter, talking on the phone.2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, Random House, →ISBN
  4. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
    • The mods had a difficult time deciding whether to believe a story about a man who was attracted to his girlfriend only when she was grieving her dead sister, but it stayed up.2019 October 23, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How Reddit's R/Relationships Subreddit Is Moderated”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2019
    1. (Internet, humorous, in plural) Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
      • Mods, kill this guy with hammers.
  5. (informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
    • I'd like to convert some of the arch^([sic]) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.1992, Jordan K. Hubbard, “How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?”, in comp.sys.acorn (Usenet)
    • These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff; Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture, page 38
  6. A moderately difficult route.
  7. (in plural, informal, Oxford University) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
    • It will thus be seen that, however well a boy may have been trained at school, his time may be amply occupied in preparing for Mods. during his first year and a half of residence at Oxford.1891 November, S. E. Winbolt, “The Schools at Oxford”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022

Verb

mod (third-person singular simple present mods, present participle modding, simple past and past participle modded)

  1. (informal, transitive) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
    • His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.
    Synonyms:
    trick, trick out
  2. To install or create a mod.
    • Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.
  3. (Internet, informal, transitive) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
    • Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.
    • I used to mod that forum.

Noun (2)

mod (plural mods)

  1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

Adjective (1)

mod (comparative modder, superlative moddest)

  1. (slang) Crazy, insane.
    • Have you listened to Kendrick's new album? It's absolutely mod!
    • now mans have to beat uruguay to advance, dec 2nd gonna be the moddest day revenge for 20102022 November 28, @187Caution, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024

Proper noun (1) capitalized: MOD

MOD

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Ministry of Defence.

Noun (3) capitalized: MOD

MOD (countable and uncountable, plural MODs)

  1. (abbreviation, broadly, initialism) Initialism of ministry of defense (not retricted to the British War Ministry).
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of maximum operating depth.
  3. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of method of delivery.
    • Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash2023 February 28, Teudoongie Shop (@TeudoongieShop), Twitter

Adjective (2) capitalized: MOD

MOD (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of mesio-occlusal-distal.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MoD

MoD

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Ministry of Defence.
    • The MoD said the injured men received immediate medical attention and were evacuated by air to the military hospital at Camp Bastion, but three could not be saved. Next of kin have been informed. The other soldiers hurt are not thought to have life-threatening injures.2013 May 1, Nicholas Watt, Nick Hopkins, “Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles”, in The Guardian

Noun (4) capitalized: MoD

MoD (plural MoDs)

  1. (abbreviation, broadly) Abbreviation of ministry of defence (not restricted to the British Ministry of War).

Also used as

mod is also the clipping of modification.

mod is also the abbreviation of modulus.

mod is also the abbreviation of mode.

mod is also the abbreviation of moderate.

mod meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

mod in Hindi

मॉड

mod in Marathi

मॉड, मोड करणे

mod in Urdu

ماڈ, موڈ کرنا

mod in Telugu

మోడ్ చెయ్యడానికి
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mod in Malayalam
മോഡ് ചെയ്യാൻ, മോഡ് ചെയ്യാനായി
mod in Kannada
ಮಾಡ್
mod in Punjabi
ਮਾਡ, ਮੋਡ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
mod in Gujarati
મોડ કરવા
mod in Odia
ମୋଡ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ମୋଡ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
mod in Tagalog
mod
mod in Indonesian
oprekan, koprekan, modif

Examples of mod in a sentence

  • The laser was pot modded, so eventually its diode burned out with overuse.
  • This fearsome modded PC is coming with us to Epic.LAN for the Hallowe’ekend.
  • A conversion mod featuring new enemies, new weapons and custom campaign featuring its own soundtrack.

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Synonyms of mod

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Forms of mod

Noun
pluralmods
pluralMODs
pluralMoDs
Verb
third-person singular presentmods
present participlemodding
past participlemodded
pastmodded
Adjective
comparativemodder
superlativemoddest

Plural of mod: mods

Origin of mod

Abbreviations.

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic mòd.

Probably reflecting a Jamaican pronunciation of mad.

Words formed from mod

Phrases with mod

Words that rhyme with mod

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Questions about mod

What does mod mean?
Mod means an unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
What is mod in Hindi?
Mod in Hindi is मॉड. See Mod meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mod?
Mod can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mod?
Mod is pronounced /mɑd/ (US).
What is the plural of mod?
The plural of mod is mods.

Words near mod in the dictionary

  1. mocudrama
  2. mocudramas
  3. mocumentaries
  4. mocumentary
  5. MOCVD
  6. mod
  7. mod con
  8. mod cons
  9. mod man
  10. mod men
  11. mod pack

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mod (page history and authors); MOD (page history and authors); MoD (page history and authors); mod (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mod (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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