bod
noun
body.
bod
1 American
[bod]
/ bɒd /
noun
Informal.
bods
plural
-
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.
BOD
2
American
bod
1
British
/ bɒd /
noun
-
a fellow; chap
he's a queer bod
-
another word for body
BOD
2
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bod
First recorded in 1780–90; short for body
Example Sentences
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Determined to get rid of his "dad bod", Sion decided to transform his health, documenting his journey on YouTube and Instagram.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Everyone wants to know if Luka is fit, or lugging around a Doncic dad bod.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025
Jeremy Allen White put his bulked-up bod to the test in ‘The Iron Claw.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
Forget the beach bod, Tish Harrison Warren writes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
To one that shames the fair and sots the wise; Whose bod is an abstract or a brief, Contains each general virtue in the world.
From King Edward III by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
If the BOD of tesla made an announcement on what’s happening with tesla leadership.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
In such a lake, the dissolved O2 content is ≤5 ppm O2, BOD is high, and low O2-tolerant fish, such as carp and catfish dominate.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
Glad to see the tone deaf BOD "finally" did the right thing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
Kearney did not add, although maybe he wanted to: "You don't mess with BOD and expect to get away with it."
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2014
BODE, BOD, s. an offer made prior to a bargain; a proffer.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
We’re talking cameras and sensors that automate line calls, as if your clash of the dad bods were the Wimbledon final.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Now curling — a sport more often thought of as a pastoral pastime played by amateurs with dad bods and day jobs — is also turning to number-crunching.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario and Priyanka Chopra have readied their beach bods for the occasion.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2017
The men looked like retired hockey players who had eased themselves into dad bods.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2016
Here, Ralph, the Bottle, Rogue, of Sack, ye Rascal; hadst thou been a Butler worth hanging, thou wou'dst have met us at the door with it.—Ods bods, Sweet-heart, thy health.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
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