mod

UK /mɒd/ · US /mɑd/ noun, verb, adjective

Forms mods modding modded modder moddest

1. noun (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
2. noun (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.
3. noun (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
4. noun (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
5. noun (Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak, humorous, in the plural) 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.”
6. noun (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
7. noun (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
8. noun (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
9. verb (transitive, informal) 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.”
10. verb (video games) To install or create a mod. “Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.”
11. verb (transitive, Internet, informal) 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.”
12. noun A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
13. adjective (MTE, slang) Crazy, insane. “Have you listened to Kendrick's new album? It's absolutely mod!”

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “mod”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details