Mod

Quick meaning: Mod is a noun meaning (informal) Clipping of modification.

Meaning

(informal) Clipping of modification.

More Meanings

1. (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
2. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
3. (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
4. (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
5. (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
6. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently [title]

His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.

I'd like to convert some of the arch^([sic]) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.

These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.

Word Forms

• mods
• modding
• modded
• modder
• moddest

Synonyms for mod

Depending on context, synonyms include modulus, trick, bananas, barking, buggish, buggy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fashionable, up-to-date, modern, way, bold, dom.

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