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BB¹

noun BBs · B.B. · B. B. · bb

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of baseband
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of BlackBerry
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of basketball
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of baseball
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of bulletin board
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of bass-baritone
  7. countable, uncountable A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of ball bearing Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of bottom bracket
  10. countable, uncountable A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
  11. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of balance beam
  12. US, abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of battleship

proper noun B.B. · B. B. · bb

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Big Brother
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Big Bang
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of the Bangka Belitung Islands: a province of Indonesia.

phrase B.B. · B. B. · bb

  1. Internet, abbreviation Abbreviation of bye bye

adverb B.B. · B. B. · bb

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of bareback (“without a condom”).

    Similar: condomless

phrase B.B. · B. B. · bb

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of best before

bb²

noun bbs

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of BB
  2. Internet, abbreviation Abbreviation of baby As a reminder, bb Lili was born on Friday, June 4, at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bb shot, ck, cpk, aa, pdgf, babe, baby, darling, sweetheart, honey, dear, love, sweetie, cutie, angel, precious

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@misc{bb_2026,
  title = {bb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}