Dictionary

FBI en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈɛf.biː.aɪ/

Meanings

1. Fixed-bit index.
2. (US, humorous) Female body inspector.
   • Groups of Heterosexuals gather in Daytona Beach to tan their normally pale skin, eat fried shrimp, and buy novelty T-shirts that say things like Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee! and FBI: Female Body Inspector. 2013, Jeffery Self, Straight People: A Spotter's Guide to the Fascinating World of Heterosexuals, Running Press, →ISBN:

FBI en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈɛf.biː.aɪ/

Meanings

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   alt of Federal Bureau of Investigation
   • The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data. 2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN:
   • For a while, nearly every girl at school on whom I had a crush had a father in the FBI. 2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 36:
2. (UK) Federation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry).
3. (Australia) fire behaviour index

Deriveds

CBI · GBI

Descendants

FBI · เอฟบีไอ · एफ्.बी.आय्. · FBI · FBI · FBI · افبیآی · FBI · ФБР · FBI · エフ・ビー・アイ · FBI · ФБР · إِف بِي أَي · एफ़ बी आई

Relateds

F.B.I.

Translations (26)

cmn 聯邦調查局 /联邦调查局 (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · bg ФБР (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · mn ХМТ (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · ru Федера́льное бюро́ рассле́дований (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · ro FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · fr FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · th เอฟบีไอ (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · de FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · mk Федерално истражно биро (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · ar إِف بِي أَي (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · nl FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · ru ФБР (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · mk Еф-би-ај (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · es FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · mn Холбооны мөрдөх товчоо (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · ko 연방수사국 (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · gl FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · ja エフ・ビー・アイ (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · nv Wááshindoon bisiláo nidaʼałkaahígíí (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · ja 連邦捜査局 (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · id FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · pt FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · mr एफ्.बी.आय्. (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · hy ՀԴԲ (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · hi एफ़ बी आई (Federal Bureau of Investigation) · fa افبیآی (Federal Bureau of Investigation)