HB
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HB
- Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen. The German city of Bremen. (Used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.)
- Let's meet in HB tomorrow.
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HB (not comparable)
- hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
- 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 15:
- Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin.
Noun edit
HB (plural HBs)
- (stars) Initialism of horizontal branch.
- (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.)
- (health) Initialism of homebirth.
- (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.
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horizontal branch
house bill
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HB
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of happy birthday.
- Alternative form: HBD
Verb edit
HB (third-person singular simple present HBs, present participle HBing, simple past and past participle HBed or HB'd)
- (transitive, Internet slang) To hard-block.
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HB
- (Switzerland) Initialism of Hauptbahnhof (“central/main train station”).
- Synonym: Hbf.
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- “HB” in Duden online
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HB
- Initialism of hjemmebrent (“moonshine”).
- 1959, Aftenposten, page 7:
- «Mur av uvidenhet» når lensmannen vil efterforske HB. Hjemmebrenning på Auraanlegget i alle år
- "Wall of ignorance" when the sheriff wants to investigate HB. Moonshining at the Auraanlegg in all years
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- HB-apparat (“apparatus for distilling moonshine”)
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Noun edit
HB
- Initialism of handelsbolag (“general partnership”).
- (slang) Initialism of hembränt (“moonshine”).
- Synonym: hb
- Har nån fixat HB? ― Did anyone get moonshine?