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HB en · ADJ

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Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
    alt of hard black
    • Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin. 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 15:
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HB en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of horizontal branch.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang) 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.)
    alt of hot babe
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of home birth.
    alt of home birth
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, followed by a number, initialism, often) Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”) (Compare SB.)
    alt of house bill
    • HB2
    • Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses. 2025 September 14, Abené Clayton, “Utah campus open carry law under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting”, in The Guardian:
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of halfback.
    alt of halfback
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of horizontal bar.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of high bar.
    alt of high bar
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of HB pencil.
    alt of HB pencil
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of host broadcaster.

Forms

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HBs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

AB (house bill) · TRGB (horizontal branch) · AR (house bill) · SB (house bill) · HR (house bill) · BHB (horizontal branch) · SR (house bill) · ZAHB (horizontal branch) · AGB (horizontal branch)

Source: en.wiktionary, “HB” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

HB en · PROPN

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Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen, the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.
    • Let's meet in HB tomorrow.

Relateds

HH

Source: en.wiktionary, “HB” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

HB en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, transitive) Initialism of hard-block.
    alt of hard-block
    • 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 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter:

Forms

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HBing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
HBs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
HBed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
HBed Tense=Past lexicographic
HB'd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
HB'd Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

SB

Relateds

hb

Source: en.wiktionary, “HB” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

HB en · X

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of happy birthday.

Relateds

HBD