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prog

/pɹɒɡ//pɹɑɡ/

prog is the clipping of progressive.

Noun (1)

prog (countable and uncountable, plural progs)

  1. (informal, uncountable) Progressive rock.
    • He listens to a lot of prog.
  2. (informal) A program.
    • […] is there some way to connect to my new comp so I can transfer some of the software progs […]2001, n.one, “transfer progs from comp to comp”, in 24hoursupport.helpdesk (Usenet)
    • "Yoda", How do I get progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?2001, linux.redhat (Usenet)
  3. (informal, uncountable) Programming.
  4. (informal) A television program.
    • It's only him that can make TV progs worth watching, he's saying.2009, Mark Wernham, Martin Martin's on the Other Side, page 223
  5. (UK, dated, university slang) A proctor.
  6. (informal) A progressive.
  7. (uncountable, transgender slang) Progesterone.

Verb (1)

prog (third-person singular simple present progs, present participle progging, simple past and past participle progged)

  1. To programme.
  2. To prognosticate; to forecast.
    • The thermodynamics of this system are progged to be similar to the "surprise" epic Oct 2006 Buffalo, NY lake effect snow event.

Noun (2)

prog (countable and uncountable, plural progs)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Provisions, food and supplies, particularly for a journey.
    • O nephew! your grief is but folly; / ⁠In town you may find better prog1726, Jonathan Swift, Molly Mog
    • Let's see what prog we have for supper; the kettle has boiled long enough; my stomach cries cupboard; and I'll warrant our guest is in no mood to dally with his trencher.1822 May 21, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Dolph Heyliger”, in Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists. A Medley. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page...
  2. (obsolete) Plunder; booty.
  3. (obsolete, slang) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
  4. (dialectal) A pointed instrument.

Verb (2)

prog (third-person singular simple present progs, present participle progging, simple past and past participle progged)

  1. (obsolete, usually) To feed and care for oneself, as opposed to being fed and cared for by someone (like a domesticated animal).
    • To be wise about affares of this life (these fleeting, these empty, these deceitful shadows) is a sorry wisdom; to be wise in purveying for the flesh, is the wisdom of a beast, which is wise enough to prog for its sustenance;1716, Isaac Barrow, The Works. Published by John Tillotson, page 26
    • An old Fox thinks he has given his young Cubs Portion enough, when he has taught them to shift in the World: At first he provides Lambs and Chickens for them; but when once they come to be at the age of discretion, he thinks it enough that he has begot them wit and parts, and leave them to prog for...1743, The Pleasures of Matrimony, page 132
  2. (obsolete) To seek food and wealth as opposed to pursuing spiritual goals.
    • They abuse what light of Reason they have, rendring it a slave to those brutish powers of life (it ought to direct and rule over ) so as to prog about and fetch in provisions for them.1680, An Exposition of Ecclesiastes, Or, The Preacher, page 345
    • For God knows that is too apt to provide for itself, and to prog and purvey for the satisfaction of its vile desires.1737, Robert South, Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, page 458
  3. (obsolete, slang) To seek food, goods, or money by low arts, such as begging, trickery, or abuse of power.
    • a perfect artist in progging for money1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
    • And yet this most mild, though withal dreadful and inviolable Prerogative of Christs Diadem, Excommunication servs for nothing with them, but to prog and pander for Fees, or to display their Pride, and sharpen their Revenge, debarring Men the protection of the Law; and I remember not whether in...1698, John Milton, Miltons Historical and Political Works, page 271
  4. (obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
    • And hence we may take it for granted, there will always be some lavish People in every Prince's Court, where a Royal Table is kept, to waste and confound; to prog for themselyes, and regale their Friends, and to destroy more in one Day, by their clandestine Tricks, than would ine half the CROWN'D...1708, Daniel Defoe, The Union-Proverb: Viz. If Skiddaw Has a Cap, Scruffell Wots full well of That, page 302
    • Their Servants have their Meat reach'd them by their Masters, which they eat behind their Backs. They bring twice as much WIne as their Masters need, and drink the Remainder themselves. They seize on what is left after Dinner. And their Ladies each of them carry a Napkin to prog for dry'd...1711, anonymous author, Atlas Geographus: Or, A Compleat System of Geography, page 220
  5. (Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
    • An' on his royal paunches thole A dwarf to prog him wi' a pole; While he wad shaw his fangs, an' rage Wi' bootless wrangling in his cage.1797, Allan Ramsay ·, A collection of Scots proverbs, page 119

Meaning of progressive

Adjective

progressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)

  1. Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
  2. Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
  3. Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
    • a progressive politician
  4. Liberal.
    • Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized.2016, Richard Lints, Progressive and Conservative Religious Ideologies, page i
  5. Of or relating to progressive education.
    • a progressive school
  6. Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.

See all 14 meanings of progressive

Proper noun capitalized: Prog

Prog

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Progressive Party.

Noun (3) capitalized: Prog

Prog (plural Progs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Progressive.

Noun (4) capitalized: PROG

PROG (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of progesterone.
    Synonyms:
    P4

Synonyms of prog

  • P4

Forms of prog

Noun
pluralprogs
pluralProgs
Verb
third-person singular presentprogs
present participleprogging
past participleprogged
pastprogged
Proper noun
alternative formProg.
alternative formPROG

Origin of prog

By clipping of various words.

A variant of proke.

Words formed from prog

Words that rhyme with prog

39 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about prog

What does prog mean?
Prog means progressive rock.
What is prog the clipping of?
Prog is the clipping of progressive.
What part of speech is prog?
Prog can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce prog?
Prog is pronounced /pɹɒɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of prog?
The plural of prog is progs.

Words near prog in the dictionary

  1. profusion
  2. profusions
  3. profusive
  4. profusively
  5. profusiveness
  6. prog
  7. prog rock
  8. prog-like
  9. prog-rock
  10. prog.
  11. progabide

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