cod

noun13

1. •
   Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
2. •
   A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
3. •
   A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
4. •
   An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
5. •
   (informal) Other not closely related fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
6. •
   (informal) Other not closely related fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, such as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
7. •
   A joke or an imitation.

   • I assume it all could just be a cod.
8. •
   A stupid or foolish person.

   • He's making a right cod of himself.
9. •
   The cocoon of a silkworm.
10. •
    (no longer used) A small bag or pouch.

    • There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields — 1626
11. •
    (UK, no longer used) A husk or integument; a pod.

    • And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym. — 1526
12. •
    [in the plural] (no longer used) The scrotum.

    • that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male. — 1646
13. •
    (dialect, no longer used) A pillow or cushion.

adjective2

1. •
   [before a noun, in compounds] Having the character of imitation; jocular.

   • “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
   • Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod-classical bombast”.
2. •
   Bad.

   • Sandy: Right, right, well I'll just open the wardrobe. Oh, here, look—his wardrobe. Ha! Julian: Ha! Oh what a naff lot! Sandy: It is a bit cod isn't it. — 1968

verb2

1. •
   (dialect, slang) To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.

   • "How are you, Mary?" "I thought your friend Mac was codding me that you would come." — 1955
2. •
   (Ireland, slang) To joke; to kid.

   • I'm only codding!

noun6

1. •
   Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery.

   • This development would probably be much facilitated were the Colony to adopt the C.O.D. (collect on delivery) system of the Cape and many other parts of the world. — 1901
2. •
   Initialism of cause of death.
3. •
   Initialism of code of discipline.
4. •
   Initialism of committee on discipline.
5. •
   Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis.
6. •
   Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder.