cod

1. (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.Examples: "There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields;"; "The Bunt is to a Sail,[The Bunt of a Sail.] as the Cod to a Net, being the very Pouch, or Bag of the Sail; and therefore all Sails have this Bunt,"; "Perspective view of the gear, showing important parts: b, beam; bl. belly; br, brail; bt, bating; c cod end, or bag;"obsolete

2. (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.Examples: "And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym."; "and I remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her, from whom I tooke two cods, and giuing her them againe, said with weeping teares, weare these for my sake: wee that are true Louers, runne into strange capers; but as all is mortall in nature, so is all nature in loue, mortall in folly."; "1. Colutæa vesicaria vulgaris sylvestris. Ordinary Bastard Sene with bladders. This greater Bastard Sene groweth in time to be a tree of a reasonable greatnesse, the stem or trunck being of the bignesse of a mans arme or greater, covered with a blackish greene ragged barke, the wood whereof is harder then of an Elder, but with a pith in the middle of the branches which are divided many wayes, having divers winged leaves composed of many small round pointed or rather flat pointed leaves, set at severall distances, and somewhat like unto Licoris, or the Hatchet fitch, among which come forth yellow flowers like unto Broome flowers and as large; after which come thinne swelling cods, like unto thinne transparent bladders; wherein are conteined blacke seede set upon a middle ribbe within the bladders, which being alittle crushed betweene the fingers, will give a cracke like a bladder full of winde: the roote groweth great and wooddy, branching forth divers wayes."UKobsolete

3. (now rare) The scrotum (also in plural).Examples: "that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male."; "Then let the cutter take and hold the tip of his cod in his left hand, and with a sharp knife cut the top thereof an inch long clean away."; "I went on one knee and thrust up and into his cod."archaic

4. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pillow or cushion.Examples: "Provost Maccalzean, with the silver keys in his hand, and the eldest bailie with the crimson-velvet cod, whereon they were to be delivered to her Majesty, following as fast as any member of a city corporation could be reasonably be expected to do."; "Item , ane long velvet cod or cusheon ;"; "Elizabeth Pitt, wife of Thomas Pitt of Haldon, clothier, Elizabeth Clerke of the same, spinster, and Jane Topliffe, wife of James Topliffe of the same, laborer, for stealing there on 1ˢᵗ Nov., 1640, a petticoat (parvacidam) value 4s., two children's coats value 2s., a feather bed cod value 2s., the property of Richard Bradley."ScotlandUKdialectalobsolete

1. (usually attributive, in compounds) Having the character of imitation; jocular.Examples: "cod psychology"; "“Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin."; "Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod-classical bombast”."Synonyms: faux, mockattributivein-compoundsusually

2. (Polari) Bad.Examples: "Sandy: Right, right, well I'll just open the wardrobe. Oh, here, look—his wardrobe. Ha! Julian: Ha! Oh what a naff lot! Sandy: It is a bit cod isn't it."; "Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel."; "Hahahahaha! @AnnaJaneCasey Vada the homi ajax, with the naff riah and the cod lally drags. Ooooo she's camp..."Synonyms: abysmal, awful, chronic, coarse, crap, crummy, dire, disagreeableAntonyms: bonaPolari

1. (transitive, dialectal, slang) To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.Examples: ""How are you, Mary?" "I thought your friend Mac was codding me that you would come.""dialectalslangtransitive

2. (intransitive, Ireland, slang) To joke; to kidExamples: "I'm only codding!"Irelandintransitiveslang

1. (video games) Alternative letter-case form of COD. ("Call of Duty")alt-of

1. (video games) Acronym of Call of Duty.Examples: "Let's go over to my house and play some COD."abbreviationacronymalt-of