bd

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noun

Comics.

CommonScrabble 5

Meanings

bd1

nounbd (plural bds)

plural bds

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of boulevard.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of bed (“bedroom”), used in apartment listings.

    1 bd, 1 ba

Bd2

noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of board, in the sense of a board of directors.

BD3

nounBD (countable and uncountable, plural BDs)

plural BDs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Blu-ray Disc.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of birthday.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Bachelor of Divinity.

    Synonyms: BDiv

  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of battledress.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Behçet's disease.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of bipolar disorder.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Bowen's disease.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of biographical dictionary.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableentertainmentInitialism of brush damp.
  10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of business development.
  11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableBDSMInitialism of bondage and discipline.

    Synonyms: B and D, B & D, B/D

  12. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of broker-dealer.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Building Design: a British architectural magazine founded in 1970.
  2. abbreviationinitialismEgyptologyInitialism of Book of the Dead.

BD4

nounBD (plural BDs)

plural BDs

  1. Comics.

BD5

nounBD (plural BDs)

plural BDs

  1. colloquialAn act of sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception.
verbBD (third-person singular simple present BDs, present participle BDing, simple past and past participle BDed or BD'd)

present singular third person BDs · participle present BDing · participle past BDed · past BDed · participle past BD'd · past BD'd

  1. colloquialTo have sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception.

    We haven't BD since day 21 (we had already BD 11 times in past 2 weeks).

    1997 July 15, “I Need Advice on Temps!”, in misc.kids.pregnancy (Usenet)
    1 more example

    Temperature is up. That means I ovulated yesterday, so I can figure out how well we did this cycle. Hmmm, BD’d two days before ovulation and the day of. That’s pretty good.

    2012, Jean M. Twenge, Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant, New York: Atria Paperback, published 2016, →ISBN, page 165

Synonyms & antonyms

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nouna bachelor's degree in religion

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Origin

BD · noun, proper noun

Initialisms.

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BD · noun

  1. FrenchBD
  2. FrenchBD
  3. EnglishBD

Borrowed from French BD.

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BD · noun, verb

Initialism of baby dance.

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APA

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MLA

“bd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bd. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bd.

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