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Prog

//pɹɒɡ// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of progressive. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

    "Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Progressive Party. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Progressive rock. informal, uncountable

    "He listens to a lot of prog."

  2. 2
    Provisions, food and supplies, particularly for a journey. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

    "O nephew! your grief is but folly; ⁠In town you may find better prog"

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Progressive. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of progesterone. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
  5. 5
    A program. countable, informal, uncountable

    "[…] is there some way to connect to my new comp so I can transfer some of the software progs […]"

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  1. 6
    Plunder; booty. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 7
    A television program. countable, informal, uncountable

    "It's only him that can make TV progs worth watching, he's saying."

  3. 8
    A vagrant beggar; a tramp. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
  4. 9
    A proctor. UK, countable, dated, uncountable
  5. 10
    A pointed instrument. countable, dialectal, uncountable
  6. 11
    A progressive. countable, informal, uncountable
  7. 12
    Progesterone. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To programme.
  2. 2
    To feed and care for oneself, as opposed to being fed and cared for by someone (like a domesticated animal). obsolete, usually

    "To be wise about affares of this life (these fleeting, these empty, these deceitful shadows) is a sorry wisdom; to be wise in purveying for the flesh, is the wisdom of a beast, which is wise enough to prog for its sustenance;"

  3. 3
    To prognosticate; to forecast.

    "The thermodynamics of this system are progged to be similar to the "surprise" epic Oct 2006 Buffalo, NY lake effect snow event."

  4. 4
    To seek food and wealth as opposed to pursuing spiritual goals. obsolete

    "They abuse what light of Reason they have, rendring it a slave to those brutish powers of life (it ought to direct and rule over ) so as to prog about and fetch in provisions for them."

  5. 5
    To seek food, goods, or money by low arts, such as begging, trickery, or abuse of power. obsolete, slang

    "a perfect artist in progging for money"

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  1. 6
    To steal; to rob; to filch. obsolete, slang

    "And hence we may take it for granted, there will always be some lavish People in every Prince's Court, where a Royal Table is kept, to waste and confound; to prog for themselyes, and regale their Friends, and to destroy more in one Day, by their clandestine Tricks, than would ine half the CROWN'D HEADS in Europe. But imbeziling of Belly-Timber, they think is no such extraordinary Offence in a Palace, tithout any Regard all the While to Conscience and Honour, or the King they cheat."

  2. 7
    To prick; to goad; to progue. Scotland

    "An' on his royal paunches thole A dwarf to prog him wi' a pole; While he wad shaw his fangs, an' rage Wi' bootless wrangling in his cage."

Etymology

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Etymology 4

A variant of proke.

Etymology 5

A variant of proke.

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