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cod

UK/kɒd/ US/kɔd/ fairly common informal slang uk
noun (3) adverb (1) adjective (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

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2.
3.

major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters

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adverb

1.

collecting the charges upon delivery

  • “mail a package C.O.D.”
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adjective

1.

payment due by the recipient on delivery

  • “a collect call”
  • “the letter came collect”
  • “a COD parcel”
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verb

1.

fool or hoax

  • “The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”
  • “You can”
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2.

harass with persistent criticism or carping

  • “The children teased the new teacher”
  • “Don”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddō, 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”), German Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).

Phrases

  • Antarctic cod
  • Arctic cod
  • Atlantic cod
  • Atlantic tomcod
  • bank cod Nototheniidae
  • barramundi cod
  • bastard cod
  • bay cod

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