bod
UK/bɒd/US/bɑd/
bod noun: the body.
Noun (1)
bod (plural bods)
- The body.
- Fred likes to keep his bod in shape.
- We are talking about a major bod here, and I don't care if half of it is plastic.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 129
- A person.
- 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[.]1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 113
- There were cameras covering car parks, offices, corridors and storage areas in the basement. Result. The security bods started watching as if their lives depended on it.2005, Richard Templar, The Rules of Management, page 73
Noun (2) capitalized: BOD
BOD
- Initialism of biochemical oxygen demand.
- Initialism of biological oxygen demand.
- Initialism of benefit of the doubt.
- Initialism of beginning of day.
- Synonyms:
- SOD
- Initialism of board of directors.
- Initialism of Brightlingsea One Design (sailing boat class).
Proper noun capitalized: Bod
the Bod
- The Bodleian Library.
- Synonyms:
- Bodder
bod meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
bod in Hindi
- बोड, बोड़
bod in Marathi
- बोड
bod in Urdu
- بوڈ
bod in Bengali
- বোদ
More languagesFewer languages
- bod in Telugu
- బోడ్
- bod in Malayalam
- ബോഡ്, ബോദ്
- bod in Kannada
- ಬೋಡ್
- bod in Punjabi
- ਬੋਡ
- bod in Gujarati
- બોડ, બોદ
- bod in Odia
- ବୋଡ୍, ବୋଦ୍, ବୋଡ଼
- bod in Nepali
- बोड, बोद
Examples of bod in a sentence
- We can't figure out if we're more jel of her insane bod or luxurious lifestyle.
- We were a family of odd bods and every summer we spent by the river.
- People have even taken to saying that a dadbod is a hot bod.
Synonyms of bod
Antonyms
Forms of bod
| plural | bods |
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Origin of bod
Clipping of body. The sense of “person” may alternatively derive from Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man”) via Scots.
Shortening.
Words formed from bod
Phrases with bod
Words that rhyme with bod
Questions about bod
- What does bod mean?
- Bod means the body.
- What is bod in Hindi?
- Bod in Hindi is बोड, बोड़. See Bod meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bod?
- Bod can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bod?
- Bod is pronounced /bɒd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bod?
- The plural of bod is bods.
Words near bod in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bod (page history and authors); BOD (page history and authors); Bod (page history and authors); bod (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bod (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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