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bod n. a body, especially a nice body.You got a nice bod, Tom.If you got a good bod and enough money, why are you depressed? carcass n. one's body; a large or heavy body.He hauled his carcass out of the car and lumbered into the bank.Put your carcass on a chair, and let's chew the fat. classis-chassis and classy-chassy n. an attractive female figure.Who's the classis-chassis in the mink?Now there is a classy-chassy if I ever saw one. odd-bod n. a peculiar body.I have such an odd-bod that it's hard to find clothes.With an odd-bod like that, he'll never make good in the movies. vital statistics n. the measurements of a person's body.Her vital statistics must require higher math to work out!Here are his vital statistics for those who are interested.
body 1. noun 1 a person, especially if under suspicion or arrest; a person to be framed for a crime. Police and criminal usage UK, 1970. 2 a prisoner. Prison officers' use UK, 1996. 3 in the usage of showgirls, a man US, 1981 2. verb to kill someone US, 1999
idiombody► a body blowbody and soulcompletely used in order to say that all your energy, thoughts, and attention are being used to do something:Good theater draws you, body and soul, into the onstage illusion.Matthew threw himself body and soul into the preparations for the wedding.keep body and soul togetherto earn enough money to buy the food and other things that you need to live, but no more:At the time I was working as a waitress, just to keep body and soul together.She was ill, she had young children, and she was struggling to keep body and soul together.over my dead bodyspoken used in order to say that you disagree very strongly with something that has been suggested or planned, and that you will not let it happen:"Is Matt going to move in with us?" "Over my dead body."If they take these children from their home, it will be over my dead body.a warm body AmEAmE1 spoken used about someone who you do not name in order to say that they are not interesting or special in any way, or in order to say that they lack a particular good quality such as intelligence, kindness etc:Too many women settle for a warm body without realizing that with it comes his laundry, his dishes, and a lifetime of boredom.The warm body in the motor vehicle department forgot to return my application and money.2 spoken used in order to emphasize that you are talking about a person and not a machine, especially because you think too many machines are being used instead of people:We're so used to e-mail and voice mail, that we're lucky to be able to speak to a warm body.These robots are useful, but they do not replace a good old-fashioned warm body when it comes to getting the job done right.
See:- (a body part) is killing (one)
- a body blow
- arrive (some place) in a body
- body and soul
- body blow
- body check
- body count
- body English
- body language
- body odor
- body of water
- body politic
- body posi
- body positive
- body shake
- body shame
- body shaming
- doesn't have a (certain kind of) bone in (one's) body
- enough to keep body and soul together
- go in a body
- in a body
- keep body and soul together
- keep body and soul together, to
- know where (all) the bodies are buried
- know where all the bodies are buried
- know where the bodies are buried
- leave in a body
- move (one's) body
- not a bone in your body
- not have a (kind of) bone in (one's) body
- not have a (some kind of) bone in (one's) body
- not have a...bone in your body
- over my dead body
- Over my dead body!
- poke (one) in (some body part)
- put weight on
- put weight on some part of the body
- reach (some place) in a body
- sell (one's) body
- serve (one) right
- take the body
- the body beautiful
- the body politic
- the spirit is willing, but the/(one's) body is weak
- the spirit is willing, but the/(one's) flesh is weak
- travel in a body
- warm body
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