Meanings
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Bd2
- abbreviationAbbreviation of board, in the sense of a board of directors.
BD3
plural BDs
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BD5
present singular third person BDs · participle present BDing · participle past BDed · past BDed · participle past BD'd · past BD'd
- 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
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Origin
BD · noun
- FrenchBD
- FrenchBD
- EnglishBD
Borrowed from French BD.
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bd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bd
“bd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bd. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bd.
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