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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Having the character of imitation; jocular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, in-compounds, usually
Synonyms: faux, mock
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Bad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Polari
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: abysmal, atrocious, awful, bad, chronic, coarse, corny, crap, crapalicious, crappy, crummy, deityforsaken, dire, disagreeable, dismal, dogshit, dreadful, fifth-rate, foul, fourth-rate, godawful, hellish, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrid, horrible, horrific, inadequate, incompetent, inelegant, intolerable, inferior, lackluster, loathsome, lousy, miserable, naff, negative, odious, ordinary, pathetic, peak, piss-poor, rotten, rubbish, shitawful, shitty, sixth-rate, sloppy, subpar, terrible, unfavorable, wack
Antonyms: bona
name
Alternative letter-case form of COD (“Call of Duty”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Acronym of Call of Duty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: video-games
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: codfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Gadiformes, Anacanthini, whitefish, groundfish, demersal, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: codfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Gadiformes, Anacanthini, whitefish, groundfish, demersal, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: codfish, common cod, milwell, Scotch cod
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Gadiformes, Anacanthini, whitefish, groundfish, demersal, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: codfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Gadiformes, Anacanthini, whitefish, groundfish, demersal, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: codfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Gadiformes, Anacanthini, whitefish, groundfish, demersal, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
A small bag or pouch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A husk or integument; a pod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The cocoon of a silkworm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The scrotum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, archaic, in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A pillow or cushion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A joke or an imitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A stupid or foolish person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon, brickhead, Charlie, chucklehead, chowderhead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dimwit, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumbass, dumbbell, dumbo, dumb fuck, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, half-baked, ha'p'orth, Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), slang), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numskull, numps, numpty, nupson, oaf, pillock, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, schmo, schmuck, smooth brain, snapperhead, softhead, sohai, sot, stupid, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, tubelight, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of cause of death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of code of discipline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of committee on discipline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, slang, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, lead astray, overreach, put on, spoof, sham, trick
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To joke; to kid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, intransitive, slang
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
payable by the recipient on delivery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: collect
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
collecting the charges upon delivery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: C.O.D., cash on delivery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: codfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gadoid, gadoid fish
Narrower terms: codling, Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, Pacific cod, Alaska cod, Gadus macrocephalus, burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota, scrod, schrod
noun
lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: codfish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saltwater fish
Narrower terms: salt cod
noun
the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pod, seedcase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: husk
Narrower terms: pea pod, peasecod
verb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tease, razz, rag, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mock, bemock
Narrower terms: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe, kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
verb
fool or hoax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gull, dupe, slang, befool, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deceive, betray, lead astray
Narrower terms: pull the leg of, kid
History
Origin unknown. Attested in reference to a person (though not always a stupid or foolish person) from the end of the 17th century. The Oxford English Dictionary (1891) notes that a suggested link to codger is unlikely, as cod appears much earlier.
Abbreviation.
From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin: * Oldest English form cotfich as a surname in the 13th century; for more see cot (“chamber, cottage”). * A bag or pouch, related to its bloated shape; see Etymology 2 below. * From Latin gadus, from Ancient Greek γάδος (gádos, “cod”) with a possible pre-Greek or Semitic origin; for more see Atargatis, Cetus, and κῆτος (kêtos). Cognate with the genus name, translingual Gadus.
From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddō, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Cognate with Scots cod, codd, coad, kod (“pillow, cushion”), German Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).
Across languages
104 source translations are retained for this English entry.
