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See also: bb, .bb, -bb, BB+, BB−, B&B, B & B, Bb., B♭, and ꓐꓹ ꓐꓽ

Translingual

Symbol

BB

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Barbados.
    Synonym: BRB (alpha-3)
  2. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is somewhat speculative with substantial risk of default.

English

Alternative forms

  • B.B., B. B., bb (certain senses only)

Noun

BB (countable and uncountable, plural BBs)

  1. (electronics) Initialism of baseband.
  2. Initialism of BlackBerry.
  3. Initialism of basketball.
  4. Initialism of baseball.
  5. (computing) Initialism of bulletin board.
  6. A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
  7. Initialism of ball bearing.
    • 2010, Richard Hoppe, Theodore L. Phillips, Mack Roach, Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology, page 203:
      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.
  8. (baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
  9. (gymnastics) Abbreviation of balance beam.
    Coordinate terms: AA, FX, UB, VT
  10. (US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship.

Derived terms

Proper noun

BB

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

Phrase

BB

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of bye bye.

Adverb

BB

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

Synonyms

Phrase

BB

  1. Initialism of best before.

Translations

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Proper noun

BB

  1. initialism of Banka Botërore (“World Bank”)

Chinese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English baby.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bi4 bi1 - Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur;
  • bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2 - Kuala Lumpur.

    Noun

    BB

    1. (Cantonese) baby
    2. (Cantonese) Affectionate term of address, especially between young couples
    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]
    More information Variety, Location ...
    Derived terms

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    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB

    1. (Cantonese) whistle
      吹BB [Cantonese]  ―  ceoi1 bi1 bi1 [Jyutping]  ―  to blow a whistle
    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 哨子 (“whistle”) [map]
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    Etymology 3

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    BB

    1. (Mandarin, slang) to complain; to talk rubbish
      你行你上，不行別BB [MSC, trad.]
      你行你上，不行别BB [MSC, simp.]
      nǐ xíng nǐ shàng, bùxíng bié BB [Pinyin]
      (also “you can you up, no can no BB”) If you can do it, go ahead; if you can't, don't criticize it

    Etymology 4

    From English BB.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB

    1. BB (a type of pellet)
    Derived terms
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    Indonesian

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB (plural BB-BB)

    1. (healthcare) initialism of berat badan (“bodyweight”)

    Japanese

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ɾɯ̟ː ba̠k̚kɯ̟]

    Noun

    BB(ブルーバック) • (burū bakku) 

    1. (Internet slang) abbreviation of ブルーバック

    Swedish

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    BB n

    1. abbreviation of barnbördshus (“birthing centre”)
      De flesta föds på BB.
      Most people are born at birthing centres.

    Declension

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