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bod

/bɒd/ symbol

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  1. ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for Tibetan.

noun

  1. The body.
    Fred likes to keep his bod in shape.
  2. A person.

Origin

Clipping of body. The sense of “person” may alternatively derive from Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man”) via Scots.

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