Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various marine fishes of the family Gadidae, which includes the Atlantic cod and the haddock.
- noun Archaic A husk or pod.
- noun Archaic The scrotum.
- noun Obsolete A bag.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bag.
- noun A pillow; a bolster; a cushion.
- noun Any husk, shell, envelop, or case containing the seeds of a plant; a pod.
- noun The scrotum.
- noun The belly; paunch.
- noun plural The testicles.
- noun The narrow part at the extremity of a trawl-net, usually 4 or 5 feet wide and 10 feet long. See
trawl-net . - noun A practical joke; a guy; a grind.
- To fish for cod.
- To make fun of or play practical jokes upon.
- To play practical jokes.
- noun The bearing of a car-axle; a bush.
- An abbreviation of
Codex . - To inclose in a cod.
- To form an involucre; become a codling: said of an apple.
- noun The common English name of the Gadus morrhua, an anacanthine fish of the family Gadidæ, and its best-known representative.
- noun A chiroid fish, Ophiodon elongatus, of the Pacific coasts of North America, universally called
cod and codfish where the true cod is unknown. Also calledcultus-cod . - noun A serranoid fish, Polyprion oxygeneios, of New Zealand, properly called
hapuka . - noun In New Zealand, the rock-cod.
- noun Misapplied at San Francisco to a sebastine fish, Sebastichthys flavidus, and about Puget Sound to a chiroid fish, Hexagrammus decagrammus.
- noun A serranoid fish, Serranus (?) cuvieri, of South Africa.
- noun A percophidoid flsh, Percis colias, of New Zealand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A husk; a pod.
- noun obsolete A small bag or pouch.
- noun The scrotum.
- noun Prov. Eng. A pillow or cushion.
- noun (Zoöl.) An important edible fish (
Gadus morrhua ), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. - noun the business of fishing for cod.
- noun an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A joke or an imitation.
- noun A stupid or foolish person.
- adjective Having the character of
imitation ;jocular . (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives). - verb slang, transitive, dialectal To attempt to deceive or confuse.
- noun obsolete A
bag . - noun obsolete A
husk orintegument ; apod . - noun The
scrotum (also in plural). - noun A
marine fish of thefamily Gadidae . - noun A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus
Gadus , such as the rock cod.
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- adjective payable by the recipient on delivery
- verb harass with persistent criticism or carping
- noun the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
- noun lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
- noun major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
- adverb collecting the charges upon delivery
- verb fool or hoax
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Half firdk cod hm in a toK Quarter cod* fiur in a bt.
A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law, Comprising the Substance and Effect of All the Public ... 1787
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It is a kind of fish -- what you call a cod -- understand?
Till the Clock Stops 1902
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The black cod is from a farm in British Columbia, on the northwest side of Vancouver Island … a more sustainable alternative to wild black cod.
Menu For Hope 6 2009
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But think about all the great seafood options being offered right now from carts and trucks in Midtown alone … the fried cod from the Schnitzel Truck, Tianbula from the NYC Cravings Truck, and the always delicious salmon and tilapia served by Kwik Meal (shown above.)
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Newfoundland fishermen originally perfected the breed to help bring in cod lines.
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And with number sixty-one, a great cod is caught by three boys.
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It adds that the hunt, "provides supplemental income for isolated fishing communities that have been hurt by the decline in cod stocks."
Seal Season 2009
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On a Sunday night, I eat battered cod from the newspaper, and remember some glorious old fights.
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Newfoundland fishermen originally perfected the breed to help bring in cod lines.
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Nevertheless, always willing to reinforce failure with, er … more failure, ICES are now calling for a complete ban on cod exploitation AND – in the height of moronic fatuity – are telling EU member state governments that other species, such as haddock and plaice, will have to be severely curtailed if cod is to be protected.
Pity the poor readers Richard 2006
bilby commented on the word cod
"I was so astonished that I stopped screeching. Never, never had anyone spoken to me in that tone before. I looked at him incredulously and saw his face convulsed with rage. It was only then I realised how God had codded me, listening to my my prayers for the safe return of this monster."
- Frank O'Connor, 'My Oedipus Complex'.
September 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word cod
That'll put the fear of cod in you.
September 6, 2008