mod

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.

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

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mod ²

abbr. Mathematics

modulus

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MOD (in Britain)

abbreviation for

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Ministry of Defence

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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]

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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]

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mod³ Maths

abbreviation for

(Mathematics) modulus

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mod (mɒd)

adj.

1. very modern in style, dress, etc.

2. (sometimes cap.) of or pertaining to a style of dress of the 1960s, typified by miniskirts, bell-bottom trousers, and boots.

n.

3. a person who is mod.

4. (sometimes cap.) a British teenager of the 1960s who affected Edwardian dress.

[1955–60; shortened form of modern]

mod.

1. moderate.

2. modern.

3. modification.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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"; modernistic, modern 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 Defence → Min. 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