"prof" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "profs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prof (plural profs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "professor"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "He assumes a monotone: \"'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of professor."
      ],
      "id": "en-prof-en-noun-XVGyCN3L",
      "links": [
        [
          "professor",
          "professor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Clipping of professor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "profit"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Stormzy, Mr Skeng",
          "text": "I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge\nThen we laugh about it and split the prof",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of profit."
      ],
      "id": "en-prof-en-noun-cGwq8xA5",
      "links": [
        [
          "profit",
          "profit#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Clipping of profit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɑf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prof.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prof"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑf/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "profs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prof (plural profs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "professor"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "He assumes a monotone: \"'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of professor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "professor",
          "professor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Clipping of professor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "profit"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Stormzy, Mr Skeng",
          "text": "I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge\nThen we laugh about it and split the prof",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of profit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "profit",
          "profit#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Clipping of profit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɑf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prof.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prof"
}