Hb

adj, name, noun, phrase, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

    "Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen, the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Let's meet in HB tomorrow."

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of horizontal branch. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.) abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
  4. 4
    Initialism of home birth. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”) (Compare SB.) abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, often

    "HB2"

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  1. 6
    Initialism of halfback. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of horizontal bar. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of high bar. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Clipping of HB pencil abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Phrase
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of happy birthday. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Verb
  1. 1
    Initialism of hard-block. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, transitive

    "i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of HB (“hard-block”) alt-of

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