1. Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
   "We enjoyed fresh cod for dinner at the seaside restaurant";
   - codfish
    
2. Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
   "We ordered traditional fish and chips made with cod";
   - codfish

1. Fool or hoax
   "The immigrant was codded because he trusted everyone";
   - gull, dupe, slang [archaic, informal], befool [archaic], fool, put on, take in, put one over [informal], put one across [informal]
    
2. Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun
   "The children codded the new teacher";
   - tease, razz [N. Amer, informal], rag, bait, taunt, twit [informal], rally, ride [N. Amer, informal], wind up [Brit, informal]

1. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
   "The salesman's cod sincerity didn't convince the sceptical customer";
   - bogus, fake, phony [N. Amer], phoney

1. With payment to be collected upon delivery
   "mail a package C.O.D.";
   - COD, cash on delivery

1. Payable by the recipient on delivery
   "a COD parcel";
   - collect

Derived forms: cod, codded, cods, codding

See also: counterfeit, due, imitative

Type of: bemock [archaic], betray, deceive, gadoid, gadoid fish, lead astray, mock, saltwater fish

Part of: Atlantic cod, Gadus, Gadus morhua, genus Gadus

Encyclopedia: Cod