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Definition of 'prog'

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

Adjective

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  • Abbreviation of progressive.
  • * 2003 , Frank Moriarty, Seventies Rock: The Decade of Creative Chaos
  • Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves ...

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (label) Progressive rock
  • (computing|informal) A program.
  • * 2001 , "n.one", transfer progs from comp to comp'' (on newsgroup ''24hoursupport.helpdesk )
  • * 2001', "Yoda", ''How do I get '''progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?'' (on newsgroup ''linux.redhat )
  • * 2003 , "Leo Edwards", Automating the Windows backup prog to commence backups?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.win98.apps )
  • I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
  • proctor
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (slang|obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
  • (Jonathan Swift)
  • * (Robert Browning)
  • So long as he picked from the filth his prog .
  • (slang|obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
  • Verb

    (progg)
  • (obsolete|slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.
  • * Fuller
  • a perfect artist in progging for money
  • * Burke
  • I have been endeavouring to prog for you.
  • (obsolete|slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
  • (Johnson)
  • (Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
  • (Webster 1913)

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