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od¹

  • /ɒd/ UK
  • /ɑd/ US

Sounds like odd · Rhymes with -ɒd

Where it comes from

Alteration of God.

noun

  1. archaic, regional (Euphemistic form of) God.

od²

  • /ɒd/ UK
  • /əʊd/ UK
  • /ɑd/ US
  • /ɔd/ US
  • /oʊd/ US

Sounds like odd, ode · Rhymes with -ɒd, -əʊd, -ɔd

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Od, arbitrarily coined by the German scientist and philosopher Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869).

noun Od · õd

  1. also, attributive, historical A hypothetical force or natural power, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.

    Similar: odyl, odyle

OD³

  • /ˌoʊˈdiː/

Rhymes with -iː

noun ODs

  1. abbreviation, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable Initialism of overdose
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Doctor of Optometry
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of overdrive
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of overdraft
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of optical density
  6. countable, uncountable (of a pipe, tube, or shaft) Initialism of outer diameter or outside diameter.

    Opposite: ID

  7. abbreviation, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable Initialism of olive drab (“color of clothing, uniforms, tools, and equipment”). “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’
  8. Australia, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5.
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of organization development

verb ODs · OD's · ODing · OD'ing · OD-ing · ODed

  1. abbreviation, informal Abbreviation of overdose (to take an overdose). She told me she'd love me and I told her I'd do the same / Then I OD'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Odisha: a state of India.

Od⁴

Where it comes from

From Od اوڊ (Od).

proper noun Oad · Odki

  1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan and Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi and Rajasthan in India.

Od⁵

Where it comes from

See od.

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of od

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hsd, zer, strange, peculiar, unusual, weird, bizarre, queer, eccentric, atypical, abnormal, quirky, offbeat, outlandish, anomalous, freakish

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"od." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/od. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

od. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/od

Chicago

"od." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/od.

BibTeX
@misc{od_2026,
  title = {od},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/od},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}