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BD en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Initialisms.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Blu-ray Disc.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of birthday.
    alt of birthday
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Bachelor of Divinity.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of battledress.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Behçet's disease.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of bipolar disorder.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Bowen's disease.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of biographical dictionary.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of brush damp.
    alt of brush damp
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of business development.
  11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of bondage and discipline.
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of broker-dealer.

Forms

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BDs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

CDDV (Blu-ray Disc) · HD-DVD (Blu-ray Disc) · DVD (Blu-ray Disc) · LD (Blu-ray Disc) · SVCD (Blu-ray Disc) · VCD (Blu-ray Disc)

Synonyms

BDiv · B/D · B and D · B & D

Source: en.wiktionary, “BD” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BD en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

Initialisms.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Building Design: a British architectural magazine founded in 1970.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Book of the Dead.
Source: en.wiktionary, “BD” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BD en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from French BD.

Meanings

  1. Comics.

Forms

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BDs Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “BD” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BD en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Initialism of baby dance.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse for the purpose of conception.

Forms

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BDs Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “BD” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BD en · VERB · etymology 3

Etymology

Initialism of baby dance.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To 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):
    • 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:

Forms

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BDing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
BDs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
BDed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
BDed Tense=Past lexicographic
BD'd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
BD'd Tense=Past lexicographic