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bod

1 American  
[bod] / bɒd /

noun

Informal.

  1. body.

    You've got to have a great bod to look good in that bathing suit.

  2. Chiefly British. person.

    We need a few more bods to help with the extra work.
BOD 2 American  

  1. biochemical oxygen demand.

bod 1 British  
/ bɒd /

noun

  1. a fellow; chap

    he's a queer bod

  2. another word for body

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
BOD 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. biochemical oxygen demand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

And don’t get complacent with your dad bod.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Jeremy Allen White put his bulked-up bod to the test in ‘The Iron Claw.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

In July, audiences watched the muscular Chris Hemsworth work off his dad bod in “Thor: Love and Thunder.”

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

We've no kind o' meight i' this house bod three-ha'poth o' peas; an' we've no firin'.

From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Waugh, Edwin

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