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abs

adj
/æbz/

Etymology

Clipping of Abigail + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

  1. borrowed from אָב
  2. formed as abs — “Ab + -s”

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of abstract.

  2. The abdominal muscles. plural of ab

  3. Acronym of absolute temperature.

  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. Initialism of absolute value function.

    2. third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

    3. Initialism of antilock braking system.

    4. Initialism of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.

    5. Initialism of asset-backed security or asset-backed securities.

    6. Initialism of automatic block signaling.

    7. Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome.

    8. Initialism of Automated Ball-Strike System.

    9. Initialism of Arch build system.

    10. Initialism of Australian Bureau of Statistics.

    11. Ellipsis of ABS-CBN.

    12. plural of Ab

    13. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.

    14. All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby team.

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Derived

washboard abs

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA