noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A habitation or habitation facility.
2. 2
   A member of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
3. 3
   Initialism of horizontal assembly building. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. 4
   A house. informal
5. 5
   Initialism of heavy assembly building. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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6. 6
   A habanero. informal

   "You mix habs into the cheese before stuffing your poppers […]"

7. 7
   Initialism of harmful algal bloom. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. 8
   Initialism of high-altitude balloon. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Example

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"You mix habs into the cheese before stuffing your poppers […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of the various words indicated in the definitions.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from Habs.

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