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deb¹
Rhymes with -ɛb
Where it comes from
Clipping of debutante or debut.
noun debs
- A debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society). Josie Powell that was, prettiest deb in Dublin. How time flies by!
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A debutante ball or debut.
"When I met him at my deb, I fell for him. Wanted nothing more than to marry him. That it happened, even after all those years, felt as if the stars had finally aligned."
Similar: debs
- A female member of a gang. Then one night Liz showed up at the factory with a scratched face and torn blouse. She had been in a fight at the park with another girl, a deb of the Porto Rican Flyers.
DEB²
noun DEBs
- Initialism of dynamic energy budget
- Initialism of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
Deb³
- /dɛb/
Rhymes with -ɛb
Where it comes from
Shortening.
proper noun Debs
- A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.
Deb⁴
- /dɛb/
Rhymes with -ɛb
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Bengali দেব (deb).
proper noun Debs · Dev
- A transliteration of the Bengali surname দেব (deb). Radhakanta Deb, b. 1784
- A surname from Bengali. Sopan Deb, b. 1988
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: debutante, partygoer, soft, dbe, listen, beginner, rookie, bit, mrc, crm, debbie, debby, hansard, maarten, debûtante, texas dip
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