prog

Meaning

Adj

Abbreviation of progressive.

Noun

1. (informal, uncountable) Progressive rock.
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) A program.
3. (UK, countable, dated, uncountable) A proctor.
4. (countable, informal, uncountable) A progressive.
5. (uncountable) Progesterone.

Verb

1. To programme.
2. To prognosticate; to forecast.

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Provisions, food and supplies, particularly for a journey.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Plunder; booty.
3. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
4. (countable, dialectal, uncountable) A pointed instrument.

Verb

1. (obsolete, usually) To feed and care for oneself, as opposed to being fed and cared for by someone (like a domesticated animal).
2. (obsolete) To seek food and wealth as opposed to pursuing spiritual goals.
3. (obsolete, slang) To seek food, goods, or money by low arts, such as begging, trickery, or abuse of power.
4. (obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
5. (Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.

Synonyms

beg

beggar

cadge

cadger

fare

food

🍽️

mendicant

panhandle

panhandler

program

programme

provender

viands

victuals

mump

mumper

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɒɡ/

Etymology

Abbreviations.