OCD is a condition in which someone suffers from repeated thoughts or worries that they cannot control, or cannot stop doing a particular thing such as washing their hands. OCD is an abbreviation for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
2. adjective
If you describe someone as OCD , you mean that they suffer from the condition OCD or that they have a tendency to think or worry too much about a particular thing.
[informal]
.They knew Jack was a bit OCD when he insisted on mopping up when tea dripped onto the table.
OCD in British English
abbreviation for
obsessive-compulsive disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder in British English
noun
psychiatry
an anxiety disorder in which patients are driven to repeat the same act, such as washing their hands, over and over again, usually for many hours