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Cod
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- 1 Having the character of imitation; jocular. attributive, in-compounds, usually
"cod psychology"
- 2 Bad. Polari
"Sandy: Right, right, well I'll just open the wardrobe. Oh, here, look—his wardrobe. Ha! Julian: Ha! Oh what a naff lot! Sandy: It is a bit cod isn't it."
- 1 payable by the recipient on delivery wordnet
- 1 collecting the charges upon delivery wordnet
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of COD (“Call of Duty”). alt-of
- 2 Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 Acronym of Call of Duty. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"Let's go over to my house and play some COD."
- 1 A type of sea fish or the meat from said fish.; An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
- 2 A small bag or pouch. obsolete
"There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields;"
- 3 A joke or an imitation.
"I assume it all could just be a cod."
- 4 Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
"This development would probably be much facilitated were the Colony to adopt the C.O.D. (collect on delivery) system of the Cape and many other parts of the world."
- 5 major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters wordnet
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- 6 A type of sea fish or the meat from said fish.; A sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- 7 A husk or integument; a pod. UK, obsolete
"And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym."
- 8 A stupid or foolish person.
"He's making a right cod of himself."
- 9 Initialism of cause of death. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 10 lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached wordnet
- 11 A type 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).
- 12 The cocoon of a silkworm.
"As soon as it is arrived at the size and strength necessary for the beginning its cod, it makes its web; this is his first day's employment; on the second he forms his cod, and covers himself almost over with silk; the third day he is quite hid; and the following days employs himself in thickening and strengthening his cod; always working from one single end, which he never breaks himself; and which is so fine, and so long, that those who have nicely examin'd it affirm, that each cod contains silk enough to reach the length of six English miles."
- 13 Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) wordnet
- 15 A type 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. informal, usually
- 16 The scrotum. also, archaic, in-plural
"that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male."
- 17 Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 18 A type 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). informal, usually
- 19 A pillow or cushion. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
"Provost Maccalzean, with the silver keys in his hand, and the eldest bailie with the crimson-velvet cod, whereon they were to be delivered to her Majesty, following as fast as any member of a city corporation could be reasonably be expected to do."
- 1 To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid. dialectal, slang, transitive
""How are you, Mary?" "I thought your friend Mac was codding me that you would come.""
- 2 harass with persistent criticism or carping wordnet
- 3 To joke; to kid. Ireland, intransitive, slang
"I'm only codding!"
- 4 fool or hoax wordnet
Etymology
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).
From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), 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”), Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).
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.
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.
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.
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