roid

See also: róid and 'roid

English

Alternative forms

• 'roid

Pronunciation

• 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

Derived terms

• roided
• roided out
• roid gut
• roid-head
• roid rage
• roidtranny

See also

• gym candy
• pumper

Anagrams

• IDOR

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rˠɔtʲ/

Noun

roid f (genitive singular roide, plural roidean)

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

Synonyms

• (bog-myrtle): còinneach dhearg, mòinteach liath, rideag