roid

See also: róid and 'roid

English

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  • IPA(key): /ɹɔɪd/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Noun

roid (plural roids)

  1. (sports, slang) Clipping of steroid Steroids, especially those used illegally for performance enhancement.
    • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 233:
      "Snow Crash is a roid. Or else it's similar to a roid. Yeah, that's it. It goes into your cell walls, just like a roid. And then it does something to the nucleus of the cell."
  2. (vulgar, slang) Clipping of hemorrhoid Hemorrhoids.
  3. (science fiction) Clipping of android

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠɔtʲ/

Noun

roid f (genitive singular roide, plural roidean)

  1. bog-myrtle, sweet gale (Myrica gale)
  2. rush

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