cod

Definitions


[kɒd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large marine fish with a small barbel on the chin


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Origin:
Middle English: of unknown origin; one suggestion is that the word is the same as Old English cod(d) ‘bag’, because of the fish's appearance


[kɒd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not authentic; fake
(e.g: a cod Mittel-European accent)


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Origin:
late 17th century (denoting a person of a specified kind): of uncertain origin


[kɒd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a joke or hoax
(e.g: I suppose it could all be a cod)

- a foolish person
(e.g: he's making a cod of himself)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (denoting a person of a specified kind): of uncertain origin


[kɒd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- play a joke or trick on (someone)
(e.g: he was definitely codding them)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (denoting a person of a specified kind): of uncertain origin


[kɒd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- untruthful or absurd talk or ideas; nonsense
(e.g: it's all cod, you know)


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Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from cod, or perhaps an extended sense of obsolete cod ‘bag, pouch, scrotum’


[ˌsiːˌəʊˈdiː], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- cash on delivery

- collect on delivery


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