verb
od
od
verb
1
To take a dangerous excess of a drug; to overdose.
"Paramedics were called after he od'd on painkillers."
How to Use Od
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSlang shorthand for overdosing on a drug.
When to use it
Informal slang, almost always written as "OD" or "od'd" rather than spelled out.
Common pairings
od on something
an OD
Word Forms
ODed past tense, OD'd past tense, OD'ed past tense, ODs singular, OD's singular
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Etymology
A shortened, spoken form of "overdose".