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jody

US/ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/

jody noun: a Jody call.

Noun (1)

jody (plural jodies)

  1. A Jody call.
    • I watched the formation move away and listened to the PT leader begin to call out a "jody," an Army song to help units run in step in formation1995, James E. Kennedy, About face: a gay officer's account of how he stopped prosecuting ...
    • I walked back to the dorm as my team ran by in formation singing a jody about their last day.2011, Mark Lauren with Joshua Clark, You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises, page 5

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jody

Jody

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jody

Jody

  1. A female given name from French.
  2. A male given name from French.

Noun (2) capitalized: Jody

Jody (plural Jodies)

  1. (US, slang) The man who seduces a soldier or inmate's wife or girlfriend during his absence.
    • Even today in the Marine Corps or the Army, one calls a jody, not a marching chant. For the trainee, Jody is the clever civilian who brutally divorces the soldier from the civilian world by appropriating all his possessions and loved ones.
      Ain't no use in callin home.
      Jody's on your...2004, Carol Burke, Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high-and-tight, page 31
    • “What is Jody? a Jody is the guy back home with your wife or your girlfriend. That is what a Jody is,” Harris explained.2008, Richard Engel, War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq, page 298

jody meaning in Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali

jody in Urdu

جوڈی

jody in Punjabi

ਜੌਡੀ

jody in Nepali

जॉडी

Synonyms of jody

Forms of jody

Noun
pluraljodies
pluralJodies
Proper noun
alternative formJodi
alternative formJodie

Origin of jody

From Jody, a generic name for males romancing soldiers' girlfriends while they are away from home.

Variant of Judy, diminutive of Judith, q.v.

From a blend of Jo or Joe with Jody or Judy. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in relation to most derivations of Jo as a female name.

Phrases with jody

Questions about jody

What does jody mean?
Jody means a Jody call.
What is jody in Urdu?
Jody in Urdu is جوڈی. See Jody meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is jody?
Jody can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jody?
Jody is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/ (US).
What is the plural of jody?
The plural of jody is jodies.

Words near jody in the dictionary

  1. Jodoins
  2. Jodrell
  3. Jodrell Bank
  4. Jodrells
  5. jods
  6. jody
  7. jody cadence
  8. jody cadences
  9. jody call
  10. jody calls
  11. Jody chant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jody (page history and authors); Jody (page history and authors); jody (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jody (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jody (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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