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prog¹

  • /pɹɒɡ/ UK
  • /pɹɑɡ/ US

Sounds like Prague (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɒɡ

Where it comes from

By clipping of various words.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, clipping, not comparable Clipping of progressive 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 progs

  1. informal, uncountable Progressive rock. He listens to a lot of prog.
  2. countable, informal, uncountable A program. […] is there some way to connect to my new comp so I can transfer some of the software progs […]
  3. informal, uncountable Programming.
  4. countable, informal, uncountable A television program. It's only him that can make TV progs worth watching, he's saying.
  5. UK, countable, dated, uncountable A proctor.
  6. countable, informal, uncountable A progressive.
  7. uncountable Progesterone.
  8. Internet, uncountable The process of attempting to progress through and complete a raid or other difficult multiplayer content for the first time. if you don't eat or drink during prog you never have to take bathroom breaks

verb progs · progging · progged

  1. To programme.
  2. To prognosticate; to forecast. The thermodynamics of this system are progged to be similar to the "surprise" epic Oct 2006 Buffalo, NY lake effect snow event.
  3. Internet To attempt to progress through and complete a raid or other difficult multiplayer content for the first time. So we perfected this strat and are actually using it to prog.

prog²

  • /pɹɒɡ/ UK
  • /pɹɑɡ/ US

Sounds like Prague (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɒɡ

Where it comes from

A variant of proke.

noun progs

  1. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Provisions, food and supplies, particularly for a journey. O nephew! your grief is but folly; / ⁠In town you may find better prog
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable Plunder; booty.
  3. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
  4. countable, dialectal, uncountable A pointed instrument.

verb progs · progging · progged

  1. obsolete, usually, of an animal To feed and care for oneself, as opposed to being fed and cared for by someone (like a domesticated animal). To be wise about affares of this life (these fleeting, these empty, these deceitful shadows) is a sorry wisdom; to be wise in purveying for the flesh, is the wisdom of a beast, which is wise enough to prog for its sustenance;
  2. obsolete To seek food and wealth as opposed to pursuing spiritual goals. They abuse what light of Reason they have, rendring it a slave to those brutish powers of life (it ought to direct and rule over ) so as to prog about and fetch in provisions for them.
  3. obsolete, slang To seek food, goods, or money by low arts, such as begging, trickery, or abuse of power. a perfect artist in progging for money
  4. obsolete, slang To steal; to rob; to filch. And hence we may take it for granted, there will always be some lavish People in every Prince's Court, where a Royal Table is kept, to waste and confound; to prog for themselyes, and regale their Friends, and to destroy more in one Day, by their clandestine Tricks, than would ine half the CROWN'D HE
  5. Scotland To prick; to goad; to progue. An' on his royal paunches thole A dwarf to prog him wi' a pole; While he wad shaw his fangs, an' rage Wi' bootless wrangling in his cage.

Prog³

proper noun Prog. · PROG

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Progressive Party

noun Progs · Prog. · PROG

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Progressive

PROG⁴

noun

  1. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of progesterone

    Similar: P4

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: programme, pgm, ress, wopr, program, lineup, plan, agenda, timetable, schedule, software, code, script, broadcast, show, procedure

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@misc{prog_2026,
  title = {prog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}