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IUD

IUD noun: barbecued chicken intestine, sold as street food. Also the initialism of intrauterine device.

Noun

IUD (countable and uncountable, plural IUDs)

  1. (Philippines, informal) Barbecued chicken intestine, sold as street food.

Also used as

IUD is also the initialism of intrauterine device.

IUD is also the initialism of inhalant use disorder.

IUD is also the initialism of internet use disorder.

Forms of IUD

pluralIUDs

Origin of IUD

The Philippine sense is due to the streetfood being reminiscent of an intrauterine device.

Questions about IUD

What does IUD mean?
IUD means barbecued chicken intestine, sold as street food.
What part of speech is IUD?
IUD is a noun.
What is the plural of IUD?
The plural of IUD is IUDs.

Words near IUD in the dictionary

  1. Iu Miens
  2. IUBMB
  3. IUCAA
  4. IUCD
  5. IUCN
  6. IUD
  7. Iudas
  8. iudex non calculat
  9. iudge
  10. iudgement
  11. iudgements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IUD (page history and authors). 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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