COD

collect, cod

(adjective) payable by the recipient on delivery; “a collect call”; “the letter came collect”; “a COD parcel”

COD, C.O.D., cash on delivery

(adverb) collecting the charges upon delivery; “mail a package C.O.D.”

cod, codfish

(noun) major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

cod, codfish

(noun) lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

pod, cod, seedcase

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

tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride

(verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping; “The children teased the new teacher”; “Don’t ride me so hard over my failure”; “His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie”

gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across

(verb) fool or hoax; “The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”; “You can’t fool me!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

cod (plural cods)

(obsolete) A small bag or pouch.

(UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.

(now rare) The scrotum (also in plural).

(obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pillow or cushion.

Etymology 2

Noun

cod (usually uncountable, plural cod or cods)

The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua.

The sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, as inclusive of the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).

The sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).

(informal, usually with qualifiers) Other unrelated fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.

(informal, usually with qualifiers) Other unrelated fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).

Usage notes

The term Atlantic cod is now used where it is desired to distinguish the other members of Gadus or the Gadidae. Similar qualifiers are used to distinguish the other members, as well as the unrelated fish in the term's other senses. The plural form cod has become more common than the form cods.

Synonyms

• (Atlantic cod): milwell (many variants), Scotch cod, common cod

• (other Gadus spp, esp. Pacific cod): gray cod, grey cod, grayfish, greyfish; (Greenland cod) ogac

• (unrelated fish marketed as cod): haddock, whiting

• (similarly important local species): hapuku

• (unrelated similar species): rock cod, rockcod, beardie (Lotella rhacina); cod icefish (the Nototheniidae); marbled rockcod (Notothenia rossii); emerald rockcod (Trematomus bernacchii); honeycomb rockcod, dwarf spotted rockcod (Epinephelus merra), Maori cod, Magellanic rockcod, blue notothenia, orange throat notothen (Paranotothenia magellanica), brown spotted reef cod, brownspotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma), red rock cod, vermilion rockcod (Scorpaena papillosa); red snapper (Lutjanus spp.); vermilion seaperch, vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus); grouper (the Serranidae); thornyhead (Sebastidae)

Hypernyms

• Anacanthini

• demersal fish

• Gadiformes

• whitefish

Hyponyms

• (young): codling

• (small, obsolete): morhwell

• (consumed codlings): scrod

• (air-dried, unsalted): stockfish

• (freshly-salted): greenfish, green fish, green cod, white cod

• (dried & salted): clipfish, salt cod, dry cod, ling, haberdine

• (cured in lye): lutefisk

• (pancakes): bacalaito

Etymology 3

Noun

cod (plural cods)

A joke or an imitation.

A stupid or foolish person.

Adjective

cod (comparative more cod, superlative most cod)

Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).

(Polari) Bad.

Synonyms

• (imitation): faux, mock

• (bad): See Thesaurus:bad

Antonyms

• (bad): bona (Polari)

• (bad): See Thesaurus:bad

Verb

cod (third-person singular simple present cods, present participle codding, simple past and past participle codded)

(slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.

Anagrams

• CDO, DOC, Doc, OCD, ODC, doc, doc.

Proper noun

COD

Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Acronym of Call of Duty.

Noun

COD (countable and uncountable, plural CODs)

(uncountable) cash on delivery or collect on delivery

(countable) cause of death

Anagrams

• CDO, DOC, Doc, OCD, ODC, doc, doc.

Source: Wiktionary

Cod, n. Etym: [AS. codd small bag; akin to Icel. koddi pillow, Sw. kudde cushion; cf. W. cod, ciod, bag, shell.]

1. A husk; a pod; as, a peascod. [Eng.] Mortimer.

2. A small bag or pouch. [Obs.] Halliwell.

3. The scortum. Dunglison.

4. A pillow or cushion. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Cod, n. Etym: [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Note: There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo. Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod.

– Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. McElrath.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

COD

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Etymology 3

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