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roid

roid

14 9.9
A slang word for drugs that make muscles grow and help sports performance
  • noun
  • /rɔɪd/
  • NSFW
translation icon : anabolizante
  • Now, I mean, just consider the fact that he's probably got roid rage, like just melting his brain.
  • roid rage
  • steroid use, called 'roid'
  • use roids

So, so those roids, man, with all your bulk, right?

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Examples

  • Now there's rumors going around I'm on 'roids.

  • Time to take your roids.

  • So you got a 'roid going with Jackson or what?

    Fiction book (1991)
  • In this sense, we are still very much in the Roid Age, even if the athletes themselves may be 'clean' and well tested.

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  • Getting hooked on 'roids at 35 is no way to live.

    Blog text (23)
  • The Golden Age of power hitting turned out to have been the 'Roid Age' of juiced batters.

    Blog text (3)
  • Bodybuilders take a lot because they are brainwashed, and most take roids, simple.

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  • But the damage was done: McGwire had reached for sporting immortality during the 'steroid era' -- the 'Roid Age.'

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  • There's a big difference between fake Hollywood roid muscle and, say, the muscle of a gymnast or pro boxer.

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  • Many athletes have faced serious consequences due to roid use and its associated rage.

Synonyms

steroid
vsroid
  • Specialized
121 3.9

A medicine that reduces swelling or helps build muscle

is the informal word that refers only to the muscle-building type, not all kinds
anabolic steroid
vsroid
  • NSFW
5 4.3

A man-made hormone that helps make muscles and bones grow, sometimes used by doctors but misused by athletes

is the informal, slang label used in sports rather than the medical term

Surface Forms

roid singular
roids plural

Etymology

The word roid is slang that comes from the shorter word steroid, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of it like how 'info' shortens 'information'. Steroids are drugs that help increase muscle growth and strength, so roid refers to those muscle-building drugs.