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BB

1

[ bee-bee ]

noun

  1. a size of shot, 0.18 inch (0.46 centimeter) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
  2. Also called BB shot. shot of this size.


BB

2
  1. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than BBB and higher than B.

bb.

3

abbreviation for

  1. ball bearing.
  2. Baseball. base on balls; bases on balls.

B/B

4
  1. bottled in bond.

b.b.

5

abbreviation for

  1. bail bond.
  2. baseboard.

B.B.

6

abbreviation for

  1. bail bond.
  2. Blue Book.
  3. B'nai B'rith.
  4. Bureau of the Budget.

BB

1

abbreviation for

  1. Boys' Brigade


symbol for

  1. on Brit pencils double black: denoting a very soft lead

bb

2

the internet domain name for

  1. Barbados

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Word History and Origins

Origin of BB1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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Example Sentences

Locally, he followed B. B. King, the Memphis blues guitar master, and spent considerable time with him.

Like Django Reinhardt or B. B. King, you know, guys who really play.

Now, however, a bakery in Brooklyn Heights called B&B Empire is offering the real thing to bagel-deprived locals.

For a neighborhood B&B option that's far more pleasant on the wallet, I like Northcliff Manor in Roosevelt Park.

Lots of t-t-times I cracked him with the b-b-butt of my rifle, and staggered him, but he only c-came at me again full tilt.

Its scheme is a b a b b c c, in which the same letters indicate rhymes.

As will be seen on examination, the rhyme scheme is as follows: a b b a a b b a c d c d c d.

And so ended his first evening at home with that imbecile refrain—B-b-b, repeating itself in his ears.

Yes, I was b-b-orn with a s-s-s-ilver s-s-poon in my m-m-m-outh.

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