mod
noun/mɒd/
/mɑːd/
- (informal, computing) a piece of equipment or a computer program that has been changed so that it works in a way that was not intended by the producer
- The mod in question allows players to zoom right in to the action.
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- (informal, computing) a person whose job is to make sure that the rules are followed in a discussion on the internet synonym moderator (4)
- The mods removed the post for being offensive.
- a member of a group of young people, especially in the UK in the 1960s, who wore neat, fashionable clothes and rode motor scootersCultureThe mods' rivals were the rockers. On several bank holidays in 1964 large groups of mods and rockers gathered in towns on the south coast of England and fought with each other.compare rocker
Word OriginSense 1: abbreviation of modificationSense 2: abbreviation of moderatorSense 3: abbreviation of modern or modernist (see modernism).
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