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Debs

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A short form of the female given name Deborah.
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A debutante ball or debut. informal

    "'I had my debs there,' she said, 'four years ago last summer.'"

  2. 2
    plural of deb form-of, plural
  3. 3
    plural of DEB form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of debutante or debut + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Etymology 2

Clipping of debutante or debut + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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