PROG (uncountable)
Abbreviation of progesterone.
Synonym: P4
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Abbreviations.
prog (not comparable)
Abbreviation of progressive.
prog (plural progs)
(informal, music genre) Progressive rock.
(computing, informal) A program.
(UK, university slang, dated) A proctor.
(informal, politics) A progressive.
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.
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.
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Prog
(politics) Abbreviation of Progressive Party.
Prog (plural Progs)
(politics) Abbreviation of Progressive.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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