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verb (used without object)
1.
to search or prowl about, as for plunder or food; forage.
noun
2.
food or victuals.
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Prog
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is lollygag. Does it mean:
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
Origin:
1560–70; origin uncertain
1560–70; origin uncertain
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| prog1 (prɒɡ) | |
| —vb , progs, progging, progged | |
| 1. | slang, dialect or (Brit) (intr) to prowl about for or as if for food or plunder |
| —n | |
| 2. | slang, dialect or (Brit) food obtained by begging |
| 3. | dialect (Canadian) a Newfoundland word for food |
| [C17: of unknown origin] | |
| prog2 (prɒɡ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | short for proctor |
| —vb , progs, progging, progged | |
| 2. | (tr) (of a proctor) to discipline (a student) |
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