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bo dy clock (body clocks ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] Your body clock is the internal biological mechanism which causes your body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day. □  Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.

body|guard /bɒ digɑː ^r d/ (bodyguards ) N‑COUNT A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone. □  Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. □  The King had brought his own bodyguard of twenty armed men.

bo dy lan|guage also body-language N‑UNCOUNT Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.

bo dy mass in|dex N‑SING A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height. [MEDICAL ] □  …those with a body mass index of 30 and over.

bo dy odour in AM, use body odor N‑UNCOUNT Body odour is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.

bo dy po li|tic N‑SING The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group. [FORMAL ] □  …the king was the head of the body politic.

bo dy search (body searches , body searching , body searched ) also body-search VERB If a person is body searched , someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search . □ [be V -ed] Foreign journalists were body-searched by airport police. [Also V n] ● N‑COUNT Body search is also a noun. □  Fans may undergo body searches by security guards.

bo dy stock|ing (body stockings ) N‑COUNT A body stocking is a piece of clothing that covers the whole of someone's body and fits tightly. Body stockings are often worn by dancers.

body|suit /bɒ disuːt/ (bodysuits ) N‑COUNT A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.

body|work /bɒ diwɜː ^r k/ N‑UNCOUNT The bodywork of a motor vehicle is the outside part of it. □  A second hand car dealer will always look at the bodywork rather than the engine.

Boer /boʊ ə ^r , bɔː ^r / (Boers ) N‑COUNT The Boers are the descendants of the Dutch people who went to live in South Africa.

bof|fin /bɒ f I n/ (boffins )

1 N‑COUNT A boffin is a scientist, especially one who is doing research. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  The boffins of Imperial College in London think they may have found a solution.

2 N‑COUNT Very clever people are sometimes called boffins . [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  A computer boffin is set to make £5million from his revolutionary photo technology.

bog /bɒ g/ (bogs , bogging , bogged ) N‑COUNT A bog is an area of land which is very wet and muddy.

▸  bog down

1 PHRASAL VERB If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down , it is delayed and no progress is made. □ [V n P ] We intended from the very beginning to bog the prosecution down over who did this. □ [V P ] The talks have bogged down over the issue of military reform.

2 → see also bogged down

bo|gey /boʊ gi/ (bogeys ) The spelling bogy and the plural form bogies are also used. N‑COUNT A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason. □  Age is another bogey for actresses. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Bogey is also an adjective. □  Did people still tell their kids scare stories about bogey policewomen?