OD
See also: Appendix:Variations of "od"
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of Latin oculus dexter.
Symbol edit
OD
- (optometry) the right eye
Alternative forms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- OS (“left eye”)
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
OD (countable and uncountable, plural ODs)
- (informal) Initialism of overdose.
- Synonym: O.D.
- (professional degree) Initialism of Doctor of Optometry; also O.D.
- Initialism of overdrive.
- Initialism of overdraft.
- Initialism of optical density.
- (of a pipe or tube) Initialism of outer diameter.
- (military) Initialism of olive drab (“clothing of an olive drab colour, used for military uniforms”).
- 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 22:
- “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’
- (Australia, on road signs) Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5.
- (management) Initialism of organization development.
Verb edit
OD (third-person singular simple present ODs or OD's, present participle ODing or OD'ing or OD-ing, simple past and past participle ODed or OD'ed or OD'd)
- (informal) To take an overdose of a drug, to overdose.
- 1979, Hank Williams Jr. (lyrics and music), “O.D.'d in Denver”, in Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound:
- She told me she'd love me and I told her I'd do the same / Then I OD'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 26:
- ‘My brother... is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have both of us at the same school.’
‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian.
‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.’