Dictionary

mod en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /mɒd/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Australia) audio
• /mɔd/ (Australia, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
• /mɒd/ (New-Zealand)
• /mɑd/ (General-American)
• [mɔ̟d] ~ [mɞ̠d] (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of moderate.
   alt of moderate

mod en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /mɒd/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Australia) audio
• /mɔd/ (Australia, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
• /mɒd/ (New-Zealand)
• /mɑd/ (General-American)
• [mɔ̟d] ~ [mɞ̠d] (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

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, countable, uncountable) 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 scores of gleaming accesories^([sic]). 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. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable) Clipping of modification.
   alt of modification
4. (countable, uncountable) 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:
5. (Internet, countable, uncountable) 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:
6. (Internet, countable, humorous, in-plural, uncountable) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum. ▸ 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.
7. (countable, informal, uncountable) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
   • 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:
   • 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):
8. (countable, uncountable) A moderately difficult route.
9. (countable, in-plural, informal, qualifier:Oxford University, uncountable) 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:
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of modulus.
    alt of modulus
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of mode.
    alt of mode
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of moderate.
    alt of moderate
    • Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently [title] 2009 April 29, Marc Ambinder, “Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 May 2021, retrieved 25 Mar 2024:

Forms

Coordinates

expansion pack · DLC · add-on

Deriveds

modmail · supermod · conversion mod · modpack · minimod · power mod · modchip · modette · modster · modbot · total conversion mod

Synonyms

% · modulus

Translations (20)

it mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · es mod (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) · tl mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · pl mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · pt modificação (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · cmn mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · el τροπ (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · uk мод (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · ru модифика́ция (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · id oprekan (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · es modificación (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · id koprekan (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · de Mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · pt mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · fr mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · pt modificador (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · sv mod (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · cmn 模組 /模组 (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · id modif (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game) · ru мод (video games: an end user-created package containing modifications for a video game)

mod en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /mɒd/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Australia) audio
• /mɔd/ (Australia, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
• /mɒd/ (New-Zealand)
• /mɑd/ (General-American)
• [mɔ̟d] ~ [mɞ̠d] (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

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.
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.

Forms

Deriveds

mod man · mod con · moddable · pod mod · demod · unmodded · pot mod · mod pack · case mod · modder

Synonyms

trick out · trick

mod en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic mòd.

Meanings

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

Forms

mod en · ADJ · etymology 3

Etymology

Probably reflecting a Jamaican pronunciation of mad.

Meanings

1. (slang) Crazy, insane.
   • Why would Drake orchestrate a shooting and blame it on someone not in this country? Are you mod?? Y'all obsessive discoursing has you paranoid. 2024 May 7, @leavem3al0ne90, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
   • What he did was actually mod. Man fuck cancer for real 2023 March 10, “original trapstar, caught a leg shot and still took it OT til death”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
   • Ngl this one of the moddest tweets 😭😭 2024 March 27, “Whyg with a tweet about Zombie (Lane)”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
   • 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 2010 2022 November 28, @187Caution, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:

Forms

Synonyms

barmy · daffy · hatstand · psychotic · mental · wackadoodle · sicko · dotty · potty · distraught · over the edge · nerts · nucking futs · psychoceramic · nut · bonkers · fruit loops · mentally ill · crazy as a bedbug · off the chain · crazed · loco · off the beam · moonsick · buggy · harebrained · 5150 · barking · zany · nutso · doolally · loopy · disturbed · loon · bread baskets · unsane · nutter · whackjob · daft · tonto · bat-shit · fucked up · batpoop · loony · nonsane · bughouse · squirrelly · weird · crazy as a pet coon · fucked in the head · starkers · apeshit · demented · buggish · mad · crackers · cracked · nuts · crazy · insane · nutballs · eccentric · whacko · loony tunes · unbalanced · batcrap · wode · cra-cra · nutty · batchy · yampy · bananas · ripshit · non compos mentis · meshugge · lunatic · crazy as a cootie bug · batshit · kooky · batty · crazy as a cootie · cray · cray-cray · barking mad · bats · cuckoo · nut job · deranged · meshigener · gaga · psycho · whacky · screwy