'mods' definitions:

Definition of 'mods'

(from WordNet)
noun
A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters

Definition of 'mods'

From: GCIDE
  • Moderation \Mod`er*a"tion\, n. [L. moderatio: cf. F. mod['e]ration.]
  • 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. [1913 Webster]
  • In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. [1913 Webster]
  • The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods. [1913 Webster]

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