mod

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /mɑd/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /mɒd/

• Audio (AU)

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• Homophone: Maud

Noun

Singular mod

Plural mods

1. (uncountable) A mod is a modern style of fashionable dress that originated in England in the 1960s.
2. (informal) A clipping of modification.
3. (video games) A mod is an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
4. (Internet slang) A mod is a moderator.
5. (mathematics) (programming) Mod is an abbreviation of modulus.

Verb

Plain form mod

Third-person singular mods

Past tense modded

Past participle modded

Present participle modding

1. (transitive) (informal) If you mod something, you modify it from its original condition to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.

   His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Honda Civic.

2. (video games) If you mod a video game, you install or create a mod for it.

   Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.

3. (transitive) (Internet slang) (informal) If you mod an online forum, you act as a moderator to silence or punish a rule-breaking user on the forum.

   Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.

   I used to mod that forum.