PROG

Noun

PROG (uncountable)

Abbreviation of progesterone.

Synonym: P4

Anagrams

• gorp

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

Adjective

prog (not comparable)

Abbreviation of progressive.

Noun

prog (plural progs)

(informal, music genre) Progressive rock.

(computing, informal) A program.

(UK, university slang, dated) A proctor.

(informal, politics) A progressive.

Etymology 2

Noun

prog (countable and uncountable, plural progs)

(slang, obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.

(slang, obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.

(obsolete) A pointed instrument.

Verb

prog (third-person singular simple present progs, present participle progging, simple past and past participle progged)

(obsolete, slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.

(obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.

(Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.

Anagrams

• gorp

Proper noun

Prog

(politics) Abbreviation of Progressive Party.

Noun

Prog (plural Progs)

(politics) Abbreviation of Progressive.

Anagrams

• gorp

Source: Wiktionary

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Prog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progged (. p. pr. & vb. n. Progging.] Etym: [Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan. prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare, procari, to ask, demand, and E. prowl.]

1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [Low] A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller. I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke.

2. To steal; to rob; to filch. [Low] Johnson.

3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [Scot.]

Prog, n.

1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift. So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.

2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [Slang]

3. A goal; progue. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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