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mod 1  (md)
n.
An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s.
adj.
1. In or characteristic of this unconventionally modern style.
2. Fashionably up-to-date, especially in style, design, or dress.

[After the Mods, name of several gangs of English youths in the 1960s, short for modern.]

mod 2
abbr. Mathematics
modulus

MOD (in Britain)
abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Ministry of Defence

mod1
n
(Sociology) Brit
a.  a member of a group of teenagers in the mid-1960s, noted for their clothes-consciousness and opposition to the rockers
b.  a member of a revived group of this type in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for their clothes-consciousness and opposition to the skinheads
c.  (as modifier) a mod haircut
[from modernist]

mod2
n
(Music, other) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an annual Highland Gaelic meeting with musical and literary competitions
[from Gaelic mòd assembly, from Old Norse; related to moot]

mod3 Maths
abbreviation for
(Mathematics) modulus
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mod - a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
mods - a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager - a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Adj.1.mod - relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
Translations
MOD N ABBR (Brit) =Ministry of DefenceMin. de D.
mod
adj (dated sl)modern, poppig (inf)
n (dated sl) modisch gekleideter Halbstarker in den 60er Jahren
mod [mɒd] n (fam) (person) → mod inv
mod [mɒd] n (fam) (person) → mod inv


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