1. cons - Noun
2. cons - Verb
cons
plural of con
cons (plural conses)
(programming) A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
Synonym: cons cell
Meronyms: car, cdr
cons (third-person singular simple present conses, present participle consing, simple past and past participle consed)
(programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
cons
third-person singular simple present indicative of con
Abbreviation of constant.
Abbreviation of consultation.
Abbreviation of constable.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgcons.
With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach. The pros are in a softly lit room, you look pretty. Marcia Cross
And I got so drunk, I got so drunk that I actually woke up thinking, "Should I get up and pee, or just pee in the bed?" Actually weighing the pros and the cons. "Well, it'll be warm for a minute... it's a big bed, I'll just roll over... I'll just blame it on that guy!" Margaret Cho
Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public. David Herbert Donald
Jake Green isn't just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central column of the spectrum and the name Jake has all sorts of numerical values. All things come back to him within the film's world of cons and games. Guy Ritchie
The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons. Mike Royko
There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons. Fred Saberhagen