bod

¹

[ bod ]

noun

, Informal.

1. body:

   You've got to have a great bod to look good in that bathing suit.

2. Chiefly British. person:

   We need a few more bods to help with the extra work.

BOD

²

1. biochemical oxygen demand.

bod

¹

/ bɒd /

noun

1. a fellow; chap

   he's a queer bod

2. another word for body

BOD

²

abbreviation for

1. biochemical oxygen demand

Word History and Origins

Origin of bod¹

First recorded in 1780–90; short for body

Word History and Origins

Origin of bod¹

C18: short for body

Example Sentences

The horseman, aka Abraham, is actually passably cute, with a rocking bod and apparently steady source of income.

From The Daily Beast

When asked if his wife, actress Anna Faris, is digging the new bod, he chuckles.

From The Daily Beast

Pott′le-bod′ied, having a body shaped like a pottle; Pott′le-deep, to the bottom of the tankard.

From Project Gutenberg

Soft′-bod′ied, having a soft body; Soft′-con′scienced, having a sensitive conscience.

From Project Gutenberg

Unembodied, un-em-bod′id, adj. disembodied, incorporate: not collected into a body.

From Project Gutenberg

We've no kind o' meight i' this house bod three-ha'poth o' peas; an' we've no firin'.

From Project Gutenberg

My husband does bod get varra little upo th' hand-loom i' th' best o' times—5s.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• frame
• torso