Meanings
plural dad bods · alternative dadbod
- slangThe slighty paunchy body type characteristic of a father; a man who has this type of body.
Hey what's a "dad bod"?
2016, Supernatural, season 11, episode 3, spoken by Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles)2 more examples
Everyone seems to have an opinion on the dad bod, which, as far as I can ascertain, is any male body that doesn’t belong to Channing Tatum.
2015 May 26, Hadley Freeman, The GuardianHis shirt was lazily halftucked into his skinny black jeans, just tight enough for her to see the shape of his body. He obviously worked out, but also enjoyed a hearty meal and a few beers, making his belly stick out just a little bit. Total dad bod.
2016, Leonard Delaney, The Pop Culture Value Combo, Volume 1 (The Minions in Me, Oregon Patriots Occupied My Butt, Humping the Hambandit, and Womanized by Idris Elba Playing James Bond)
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 老爸身材
- 老爸身材 (lǎobà shēncái)overweight male body type
Danish farkrop
- farkropoverweight male body type
Norwegian Bokmål pappakropp
- pappakroppoverweight male body type
Norwegian Nynorsk pappakropp
- pappakroppoverweight male body type
Spanish fofisano
- fofisanooverweight male body type
Swedish pappakropp
- pappakroppoverweight male body type
Thai หุ่นเสี่ย, หุ่นอาเสี่ย
- หุ่นเสี่ย (hùn-sìia)overweight male body type
- หุ่นอาเสี่ย (hùn-aa-sìia)overweight male body type
Cite this entry
dad bod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dad%20bod
“dad bod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dad%20bod. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dad bod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dad%20bod.
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