ab
IPA: ˈæb
noun
- (informal) abdominal muscle.
- (slang) An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
- (US) The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.
- A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
- (countable) A person with this blood type.
- (Australia, Adelaide, countable) A kind of halal snack pack.
- (immunology) Antibody.
- (Judaism) Av.
- A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.
- (dated) In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.
- (dated) An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).
- Abbreviation of abortion. [(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.]
- Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada. [A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton.]
- Initialism of Artium baccalaureus.
- Initialism of Aryan Brotherhood, a US white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate.
- Initialism of able seaman; able-bodied seaman.
- Initialism of afterburner. [(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.]
- Initialism of aid to the blind.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of airbase.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene. [(organic chemistry) Any hydrocarbon formally derived from benzene by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups]
- (medicine) Initialism of antibody. [(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.]
- Initialism of artificial breeding.
- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill.
- (ABDL) Initialism of adult baby. [(sexuality, ABDL) A person who has a paraphilia involving role-playing a regression to an infant-like state, wearing diapers, etc.]
- (title) Abbreviation of Abbot. [A surname.]
verb
- (climbing, informal) To abseil.
- Abbreviation of abort. [(intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.]
adjective
- Initialism of airborne. [In or carried by the air.]
- Initialism of antiballistic. [(military, of a missile, or system) designed to detect, intercept, and destroy a ballistic missile in flight]
- (baseball) Initialism of at bat.
adverb
- Abbreviation of about. [On all sides; around.]
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