Bod
//bɒd// name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The body. slang
"Fred likes to keep his bod in shape."
- 2 Initialism of biochemical oxygen demand. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 alternative names for the body of a human being wordnet
- 4 A person. slang
"He went to the upstairs lookout and peered down upon the political bod, whom he recognised as the fatso who had given a thin, starving speech one lunch-time to the new High School students[.]"
- 5 Initialism of biological oxygen demand. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 Initialism of benefit of the doubt. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 Initialism of beginning of day. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 Initialism of board of directors. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 9 Initialism of Brightlingsea One Design (sailing boat class). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
- 1 The Bodleian Library.
Example
More examples"To rock that outfit takes a bod like yours."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of body. The sense of “person” may alternatively derive from Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man”) via Scots.
Etymology 2
Shortening.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.