Meanings
prof1
plural profs
- abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of professor.
He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'"
1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010 - abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of profit.
I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge Then we laugh about it and split the prof
2017, Stormzy, Mr Skeng
Prof2
plural Profs
- informalInformal spelling of Prof.
Prof Barbara Walter notes in her book How Civil Wars Start that two conditions are key: ethnic factionalism and anocracy – when a country is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic.
2023 June 16, “The Guardian view on Trump and political violence: more than words”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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prof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prof
“prof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prof. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prof,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prof.
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