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adj
Abbreviation of moderate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
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adj
Crazy, insane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Synonyms: 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy, batpoop, bats, batty, bonkers, bread baskets, cracked, crackers, cra-cra, cray, cray-cray, crazed, crazy, crazy as a bedbug, crazy as a cootie, crazy as a cootie bug, crazy as a pet coon, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, distraught, disturbed, doolally, dotty, eccentric, fruit loops, gaga, hatstand, harebrained, insane, kooky, loon, loco, loony, loony tunes, loopy, lunatic, mad, mental, mentally ill, meshigener, meshugge, moonsick, nerts, non compos mentis, nonsane, nucking futs, nut job, nutballs, nut, nuts, nutso, nutty, nutter, off the beam, off the chain, over the edge, potty, psycho, psychoceramic, psychotic, sicko, screwy, squirrelly, starkers, tonto, unbalanced, unsane, wackadoodle, weird, whackjob, whacko, whacky, wode, yampy, zany, apeshit, batcrap, batshit, bat-shit, fucked in the head, fucked up, ripshit
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Initialism of mesio-occlusal-distal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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name
Initialism of Ministry of Defence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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noun
Clipping of modification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
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noun
An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: video-games
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noun
A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable
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noun
A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, humorous, in-plural, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A moderately difficult route.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable
Qualifier: Oxford University
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noun
Abbreviation of modulus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Synonyms: %, modulus
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Abbreviation of mode.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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noun
Abbreviation of moderate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Initialism of ministry of defense (not retricted to the British War Ministry).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Initialism of maximum operating depth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, underwater-diving
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noun
Initialism of method of delivery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Abbreviation of ministry of defence (not restricted to the British Ministry of War).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Synonyms: trick, trick out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To install or create a mod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal, transitive
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adjective satellite
relating to a recently developed fashion or style;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: modern, modernistic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen
History
Abbreviations.
Probably reflecting a Jamaican pronunciation of mad.
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic mòd.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
