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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Origin of bod

First recorded in 1780–90; short for body

Words nearby bod

Bock, bock beer, bockedy, Bockscar, bocor, bod, boda-boda, bodacious, Bodanzky, bode, bodega

Other definitions for bod (2 of 2)

BOD

biochemical oxygen demand.

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How to use bod in a sentence

The horseman, aka Abraham, is actually passably cute, with a rocking bod and apparently steady source of income.
Naked Ben Franklin Christens the Campy Return of ‘Sleepy Hollow’|Amy Zimmerman|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When asked if his wife, actress Anna Faris, is digging the new bod, he chuckles.
The Next Han Solo: Chris Pratt on His Star-Making Turn in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’|Marlow Stern|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pott′le-bod′ied, having a body shaped like a pottle; Pott′le-deep, to the bottom of the tankard.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Soft′-bod′ied, having a soft body; Soft′-con′scienced, having a sensitive conscience.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

Unembodied, un-em-bod′id, adj. disembodied, incorporate: not collected into a body.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
We've no kind o' meight i' this house bod three-ha'poth o' peas; an' we've no firin'.
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine|Edwin Waugh
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

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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