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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
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(computing|informal) A program.
* 2001 , "n.one", transfer progs from comp to comp'' (on newsgroup ''24hoursupport.helpdesk )
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* 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.
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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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