mod

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

noun

1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
2. (UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
3. (informal) Clipping of modification.
4. (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
5. (Internet, sometimes derogatory) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
6. (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
   I'd like to convert some of the arch mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions. 1992, Jordan K. Hubbard, “How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?”, in comp.sys.acorn (Usenet)
   These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances. 2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture, page 38
7. (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
8. (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
9. (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
10. (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.

verb

1. (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
   His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.
2. (video games) To install or create a mod.
   Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.
3. (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
   Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.
   I used to mod that forum.

adj

1. Abbreviation of moderate.

Etymology 2

noun

1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.