bod

[ bod ]

/ bɒd /

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noun Informal.

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

Chiefly British. person: We need a few more bods to help with the extra work.

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Nearby words

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Origin of bod

First recorded in 1780–90; short for body

Definition for bod (2 of 2)

BOD

biochemical oxygen demand.

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Examples from the Web for bod

The summit of the great mountain mass is occupied by Tibet, a country known by its inhabitants under the name of Bod or Bodyul.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various
Bodkin, bod′kin, n. a small dagger: a small instrument for pricking holes or for dressing the hair: a large blunt needle.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
I answer that thou arte not bod herin to keape any such othe or promis.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful|Peter Martyr
My husband does bod get varra little upo th' hand-loom i' th' best o' times—5s.
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine|Edwin Waugh

The muscles of her neck and the veins of her forehead stand out like cords, while perspiration streams from her bod.
The Tinguian|Fay-Cooper Cole

British Dictionary definitions for bod (1 of 2)

bod

/ (bɒd) /

noun informal

a fellow; chaphe's a queer bod

another word for body (def. 1)

Word Origin for bod

C18: short for body

British Dictionary definitions for bod (2 of 2)

BOD

abbreviation for

biochemical oxygen demand

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