variants or 'roid
plural roids or 'roids
informal
: anabolic steroid
an athlete on roids
Medical and psychiatric journals feature a growing number of case reports describing body builders and athletes who abuse anabolic steroids, known as "roids" in gym argot.Bruce Bower
… steroids users still have to work hard to see the benefits of the drugs they are taking. You don't get strong by taking 'roids alone.Rick Morrissey
see also roid rage

Examples of roid in a Sentence

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Leading up to their match, Plant has been relentless with the verbal grenades, claiming Álvarez’s greatness is juiced-up on PEDs and his trainer Eddy Reynoso runs a dirty gym filled with ‘roid-users. Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021

Word History

Etymology

short for steroid

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of roid was in 1978

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“Roid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roid. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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