Aud

//ɔːd// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of audience. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

    "[…] the show is done in an impossible studio, with about 40 folding chairs jammed in one corner for the aud, and there is a constant racket."

  2. 2
    Initialism of alcohol use disorder. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of auld. alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
aalcohol use disorderauaustralian dollardrinking problem

Example

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"[…] the show is done in an impossible studio, with about 40 folding chairs jammed in one corner for the aud, and there is a constant racket."

Etymology

Variant of Auld.

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australian dollar

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