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abs¹

  • /æbz/

Rhymes with -æbz

adjective

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of abstract

noun

  1. informal The abdominal muscles; plural of ab.

    Similar: abdominal

  2. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of absolute temperature
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of absolute value function

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

ABS²

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of antilock braking system
  2. abbreviation, humorous, informal, initialism Initialism of all-black stuff: i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, referring to the black color of the waste water.
  3. plumbing Pipes composed of this plastic.
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of asset-backed security or asset-backed securities
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of automatic block signaling
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Automated Ball-Strike System
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Arch build system
  3. Australia, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Australian Bureau of Statistics
  4. Philippines, abbreviation, colloquial, ellipsis Ellipsis of ABS-CBN

Abs³

Where it comes from

From Ab + -s (plural suffix).

noun

  1. plural plural of Ab

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Ab

Abs⁴

Where it comes from

Clipping of Abigail + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

proper noun Abbs

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.

ABs⁵

noun

  1. plural plural of AB
  2. All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby team.

Translations

Every language

noun abdominal muscles

한국어복근 boggeun
Françaisabdos
DeutschBauchmuskeln
Русскийпресс press

noun antilock braking system

中文ABS
FrançaisABS

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{abs_2026,
  title = {abs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}