See also: sb, Sb, .sb, and s/b

Translingual

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Symbol

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SB

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Solomon Islands.
    Synonym: SLB (alpha-3)

English

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Etymology

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Initialisms.

Proper noun

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SB

  1. Initialism of Special Branch.
    • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 181:
      The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation.
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of Standard Babylonian.

Noun

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SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of stretcher bearer.
  2. (sports) Initialism of season best. (this season's personal best).
  3. (baseball) Abbreviation of stolen base.; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.
  4. (electronics, communication) Sideband.
  5. Abbreviation of sexbot.
  6. (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of senate bill (a bill proposed in or passed by a senate). (Compare HB.)
    SB5
  7. (law, politics) Initialism of state bill.
  8. (oenology, wine) Initialism of Sauvignon blanc.
  9. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of sailing barge.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (sailing) SV, SY
    Coordinate term: (barge) MB
  10. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steam barge.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS
    Coordinate term: (barge) MB
  11. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steamboat.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS
    Coordinate term: (boat) MB

Derived terms

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electronics, communication
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politics, law
season's best

Adjective

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SB (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of southbound.
    Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Adverb

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SB (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of southbound.
    Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Verb

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SB (third-person singular simple present SBs, present participle SBing, simple past and past participle SBed or SB'd)

  1. (transitive, Internet slang) To soft-block.
    Coordinate term: HB (hard-block)
    Alternative form: sb
    • 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter[1]:
      i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh

Anagrams

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Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of SB – see 傻屄 (“stupid cunt; tard; stupid cunt; dumbfuck, piece of shit; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 傻屄).

German

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Noun

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SB f (genitive SB, plural SBen)

  1. Acronym of Selbstbedienung.

Romanian

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Proper noun

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SB

  1. Abbreviation of Sibiu, a county in Romania.

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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SB

  1. Initialism of Sangguniang Bayan.

See also

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Noun

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SB

  1. Initialism of Batsilyer sa Siyensiya. BS; BSc

Further reading

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  • SB”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018