hb
IPA: b
Root Word: HB
noun
- (slang, seduction community) A hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
- Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen. The German city of Bremen. (Used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.)
- (stars) Initialism of horizontal branch.
- (health) Initialism of homebirth. [Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.]
- (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”). (Compare SB.)
- (American football) Initialism of halfback. [(field sports) Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.]
verb
- (transitive, Internet slang) To hard-block.
adjective
- hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
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Examples of "hb" in Sentences
- I'll look at HB at work tomorrow.
- The firewall forward is the same as HB.
- There needs to be a real article on HB.
- I've removed it as it was not a HB study.
- Stress is also a contributing factor of HB.
- The causes of HB are yet to be pin pointed.
- LXX is not directly relevant to the term HB.
- Both the speech AND the HB appearance are notable.
- HB was fairly conservative but at least uncontroversial.
- The Hb concentration typically is decreased in thalassemia.
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