cod

1. (n) A type of sea fish or the meat from said fish. 2. (n) An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). 3. (n) A sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac). 4. (n) A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus). 5. (n) (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod. 6. (n) (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias). 7. (n) A stupid or foolish person. 8. (v) (transitive, dialectal, slang) To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid. 9. (v) (intransitive, Ireland, slang) To joke; to kid. 10. (n) A joke or an imitation. 11. (adj) (usually attributive, in compounds) Having the character of imitation; jocular. 12. (adj) (Polari) Bad. 13. (n) The cocoon of a silkworm. 14. (n) (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod. 15. (n) (now rare, also in the plural) The scrotum. 16. (n) (obsolete) A small bag or pouch. 17. (n) (obsolete or dialectal, UK, Scotland) A pillow or cushion. 18. (n) (video games) Alternative letter-case form of COD (“Call of Duty”). 19. (n) (uncountable) Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery. 20. (n) (video games) Acronym of Call of Duty. 21. (n) (countable) Initialism of cause of death. [The official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.] 22. (n) Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder [Synonym of celebrity worship syndrome] 23. (n) Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary.