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def

1  [def]
Use def in a Sentence
–adverb Informal.
definitely: Going to Europe this summer? But def!
Origin:
by shortening
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
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www.MansfieldOil.com
Def at Amazon
Low prices on new & used music. Qualified orders over $25 ship free
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def

2  [def]
–adjective
Slang. excellent: That hip-hop record is def!
Origin:
1980–85, Americanism; of uncert. orig.

def.

 
1. defective.
2. defendant.
3. defense.
4. deferred.
5. defined.
6. definite.
7. definition.
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def   (děf)   
adj.   def·fer, def·fest Slang
Excellent; first-rate.

[Short for definite.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
def [dɛf]

  1. mod.
    better; cool. (Originally black. From definitive.) : Man, that yogurt is def!
  2. mod.
    definitely. : This is def the best there is.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

def 
"excellent," first recorded 1979 in Black English, perhaps a shortened form of definite, or from a Jamaican variant of death.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: def.
Function: abbreviation
defendant
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: def
Function: abbreviation
1 defecation
2 deficient
3 definite
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

def abbr.
decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for deciduous teeth)

DEF abbr.
decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for permanent teeth)

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
def

  1. definite

  2. definitely

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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