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Definition: BB |
BBNoun1. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Bb |
Shipping | Ballast Bonus (Special payment above the Chartering price when the ship has to sail a long way on ballast to reach the loading port.). (references) |
| Bareboat (Method of chartering of the ship leaving the charterer with almost all the responsibilities of the owner.). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BB | Danish | Betalingsbevillinger | European Union, Finance |
BB | English | Billions of barrels | N/A |
BB | French | Barbade | Geography, Law |
BB | German | Blutbild | Medicine |
BB | Greek | Μπαρμπάντος | Geography |
BB | Italian | Buffer Base | Medicine |
BB | Portuguese | Bombordo | Food & Agriculture |
| BB No | English | Bromide-Bromate Number | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: BBSynonym: BB shot (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: BB |
| English words defined with "BB": BB gun, BB shot ♦ Compound quantity ♦ junk bond. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BB": BB SHOT PACKER, BB switch, BB switching array, BB switching network, BB tree, Busy Beaver ♦ Creatine Kinase ♦ Rats, Inbred BB ♦ SHOT-GRINDER OPERATOR, shot-tube-machine tender, STEEL-SHOT-HEADER OPERATOR ♦ TUBE SIZER-AND-CUTTER OPERATOR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BB" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (lying hospital, lying-in hospital, maternity home, maternity hospital). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Jack shot someone in the back with a bb gun which is also not cute. (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime Garca Estrada) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ne m'appelle plus BB (2002) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Economic History | Azerbaijan | In July 2001 the country won a BB minus long-term credit rating, an improvement over the 2000 rating. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Moody's Investors Service raised Kazakhstan's foreign currency ceiling for bonds and notes to Ba2 from B1 and its foreign currency deposit rating from B1 to Ba3, and the rating for long-term local currency government securities from B1 to Ba1 In June 2001. Moody's gave all of Kazakhstan's new ratings an outlook of "positive." Standard & Poor (S&P) raised the country's long-term foreign currency credit rating in May 2001 from BB- to BB and its long-term domestic currency credit rating from BB to BB+. S&P left its foreign and domestic currency short-term credit ratings unchanged at B. The ratings reflected Kazakhstan's strong export earnings, its strong budget position, reform efforts and its quick recovery from the 1998 Russian financial crisis. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDIA | Relationship with Creditors: Citing its growing foreign exchange reserves and ample food stocks, India chose not to negotiate an extended financing facility with the IMF when its standby arrangement expired in May 1993. In October 1998, Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgraded India's foreign currency rating from BB+ to BB. In October 1999, Moody's upgraded India's foreign currency rating outlook from stable to positive while maintaining an unchanged speculative grade rating of Ba2. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BB" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.61% of the time. "BB" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 83.61% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.11% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (common) | 3.28% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 61 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Switzerland | BB Medtech AG | USA | BB & T Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "BB": bb gun ♦ BB shot ♦ BB switch ♦ BB switching array ♦ BB switching network. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "BB": bb-style, bb-wistar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bb gun | 3,198 |
bb and t | 3,066 |
bb | 1,595 |
bb king | 1,218 |
bb t online | 544 |
bb t bank | 541 |
bb t.com | 517 |
bb mortgage t | 119 |
bb t banking | 119 |
bb va | 106 |
bb gunns | 90 |
blackpool bb | 79 |
otc bb | 67 |
bb king blues club | 62 |
bb mak | 60 |
bb number | 60 |
bb machine gun | 58 |
bb pistol | 58 |
bb pa | 56 |
bb yahoo | 48 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | bredbåndsvælgernet (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), bredbåndsvælger (BB switch, BB switching array, broadband switch, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, broadband switching system, wideband switch, wideband switching matrix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | broadband-switch (BB switch, broadband switch, broadband switching system, wideband switch), breedband schakelnetwerk (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), BB-schakelaar (BB switch, broadband switch, broadband switching system, wideband switch), schakelmatrix (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | laajakaistakytkin (BB switch, broadband switch, broadband switching system, wideband switch), laajakaistakytkentäverkko (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), laajakaistainen kytkentämatriisi (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | réseau de connexion large bande (BB switching network), matrice de commutation large bande (BB switching array), commutateur large bande (BB switch), autocommutateur large bande (BB switch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Breitband-Verteilnetz (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), Breitband-Koppelnetz (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), Breitband-Koppelfeld (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | συστοιχία μεταγωγής BB (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix), ευρυζωνικός μεταγωγέας (BB switch, broadband switch, broadband switching system, wideband switch), ευρυζωνικό δίκτυο μεταγωγής (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), ευρυζωνική συστοιχία μεταγωγής (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix), ευρυζωνική μήτρα μεταγωγής (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix), δίκτυο μεταγωγής BB (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | bbay rede de comutação de banda larga (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), matriz de comutação de banda larga (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix), comutador de banda larga (BB switch, broadband switch, broadband switching system, wideband switch). (various references) red de conmutación de banda ancha (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), red de conmutación de banda amplia (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), red de conmutación BB (BB switching network, broadband switching network, wideband switching network), matriz de conmutación de banda ancha (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix), matriz de conmutación BB (BB switching array, broadband switching array, broadband switching matrix, wideband switching matrix), conmutador de banda ancha (BB switch, broadband switch, broadband switching system, wideband switch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "BB": bibb, cobb, ebb, jibb, sibb. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BB": abba, abbacies, abbacy, abbas, abbatial, abbe, abbes, abbess, abbesses, abbey, abbeys, abbot, abbotcies, abbotcy, abbots, abbreviate, abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviating, abbreviation, abbreviations, abbreviator, abbreviators, abubble, babbitt, babbitted, babbitting, babbitts, babble, babbled, babblement, babblements, babbler, babblers, babbles, babbling, babblings, backstabbed, backstabber, backstabbers, backstabbing, backstabbings, bedabble, bedabbled, bedabbles, bedabbling, beribboned, bibbed, bibber, bibberies, bibbers, bibbery, bibbing, bibbs, blabbed, blabber, blabbered, blabbering, blabbermouth, blabbermouths, blabbers, blabbing, blabby, blebby, blobbed, blobbing, blubbed, blubber, blubbered, blubbering, blubbers, blubbery, blubbing, bobbed, bobber, bobberies, bobbers, bobbery, bobbies, bobbin, bobbinet, bobbinets, bobbing, bobbins, bobble, bobbled, bobbles, bobbling, bobby, bonnyclabber, bonnyclabbers, brabble, brabbled, brabbler, brabblers, brabbles, brabbling, bubbies, bubble, bubbled, bubblegum, bubblegums, bubblehead, bubbleheaded, bubbleheads, bubbler, bubblers, bubbles, bubblier, bubblies, bubbliest, bubbling, bubbly, bubby, cabbage, cabbaged, cabbages, cabbageworm, cabbageworms, cabbaging, cabbala, cabbalah, cabbalahs, cabbalas, cabbed, cabbie, cabbies, cabbing, cabby, chubbier, chubbiest, chubbily, chubbiness, chubbinesses, chubby, clabber, clabbered, clabbering, clabbers, clobber, clobbered, clobbering, clobbers, clubbable, clubbed, clubber, clubbers, clubbier, clubbiest, clubbiness, clubbinesses, clubbing, clubbish, clubby, cobber, cobbers, cobbier, cobbiest, cobble, cobbled, cobbler, cobblers, cobbles, cobblestone, cobblestoned, cobblestones, cobbling, cobbs, cobby, cobwebbed, cobwebbier, cobwebbiest, cobwebbing, cobwebby, collywobbles, confabbed, confabbing, crabbed, crabbedness, crabbednesses, crabber, crabbers, crabbier, crabbiest, crabbily, crabbing, crabby, cribbage, cribbages, cribbed, cribber, cribbers, cribbing, cribbings, cribbled, cubbies, cubbish, cubby, cubbyhole, cubbyholes, dabbed, dabber, dabbers, dabbing, dabble, dabbled, dabbler, dabblers, dabbles, dabbling, dabblings, demobbed, demobbing, dibbed, dibber, dibbers, dibbing, dibble, dibbled, dibbler, dibblers, dibbles, dibbling, dibbuk, dibbukim, dibbuks, dobber, dobbers, dobbies, dobbin, dobbins, dobby, drabbed, drabber, drabbest, drabbet, drabbets, drabbing, drabble, drabbled, drabbles, drabbling, dribbed, dribbing, dribble, dribbled, dribbler, dribblers, dribbles, dribblet, dribblets, dribbling, dribbly, drubbed, drubber, drubbers, drubbing, drubbings, dubbed, dubber, dubbers, dubbin, dubbing, dubbings, dubbins, dumbbell, dumbbells, dybbuk, dybbukim, dybbuks, ebbed, ebbet, ebbets, ebbing, ebbs, fibbed, fibber, fibbers, fibbing, flabbergast, flabbergasted, flabbergasting, flabbergastingly, flabbergasts, flabbier, flabbiest, flabbily, flabbiness, flabbinesses, flabby, flibbertigibbet, flibbertigibbets, flibbertigibbety, flubbed, flubber, flubbers, flubbing, fobbed, fobbing, fribble, fribbled, fribbler, fribblers, fribbles, fribbling, fubbed, fubbing, gabbard, gabbards, gabbart, gabbarts, gabbed, gabber, gabbers, gabbier, gabbiest, gabbing, gabble, gabbled, gabbler, gabblers, gabbles, gabbling, gabbro, gabbroic, gabbroid, gabbros, gabby, gibbed, gibber, gibbered, gibberellin, gibberellins, gibbering, gibberish, gibberishes, gibbers, gibbet, gibbeted, gibbeting, gibbets, gibbetted, gibbetting, gibbing, gibbon, gibbons, gibbose, gibbosities, gibbosity, gibbous, gibbsite, gibbsites, glibber, glibbest, globbier, globbiest, globby, gobbed, gobbet, gobbets, gobbing, gobble, gobbled, gobbledegook, gobbledegooks, gobbledygook, gobbledygooks, gobbler, gobblers, gobbles, gobbling, grabbed, grabber, grabbers, grabbier, grabbiest, grabbing, grabble, grabbled, grabbler, grabblers, grabbles, grabbling, grabby, gribble, gribbles, grubbed, grubber, grubbers, grubbier, grubbiest, grubbily, grubbiness, grubbinesses, grubbing, grubby, hardscrabble, hobbed, hobbies, hobbing, hobbit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b" | |
+1 letter: bib, bob, bub, ebb. | |
+2 letters: abba, abbe, baba, babe, babu, baby, barb, bibb, bibs, blab, bleb, blob, blub, bobs, bomb, boob, bubo, bubs, bulb, cobb, ebbs, jibb, sibb. | |
+3 letters: abbas, abbes, abbey, abbot, babas, babel, babes, babka, baboo, babul, babus, barbe, barbs, bebop, bibbs, bible, bilbo, bimbo, blabs, blebs, blobs, blubs, blurb, bobby, bombe, bombs, boobs, booby, bribe, bubal, bubby, bulbs, burbs, busby, cabby, cabob, cobbs, cobby, cubby, cubeb, dobby, ebbed, ebbet, gabby, hobby, hubby, jibbs, kabab, kabob, kebab, kebob, kibbe, kibbi, lobby, nabob, nobby, nubby, rabbi, rebbe, ribby, sibbs, tabby, tubby, webby, yobbo. | |
+4 letters: abbacy, abbess, abbeys, abbots, absorb, babble, babels, babied, babies, babkas, babool, baboon, baboos, babuls, balboa, bamboo, baobab, barbal, barbed, barbel, barber, barbes, barbet, barbut, batboy, baubee, bauble, bawbee, bebops, bedaub, bedbug, bedumb, beebee, benumb, bibbed, bibber, bibles, bicarb, bilboa, bilbos, bimbos, blabby, blebby, blowby, blurbs, bobbed, bobber, bobbin, bobble, bobcat, bombax, bombed, bomber, bombes, bombyx, bonbon, boobed, boobie, booboo, boubou, bribed, bribee, briber, bribes, brumby, bubale, bubals, bubble, bubbly, buboed, buboes, bulbar, bulbed, bulbel, bulbil, bulbul, bumble, burble, burbly, burbot, busbar, busboy, cabbed, cabbie, cabobs, chubby, clubby, cobber, cobble, cobweb, crabby, cubebs, dabbed, dabber, dabble, dibbed, dibber, dibble, dibbuk, dobber, dobbin, dubbed, dubber, dubbin, dybbuk, ebbets, ebbing, fibbed, fibber, flabby, fobbed, fubbed, gabbed, gabber, gabble, gabbro, gibbed, gibber, gibbet, gibbon, globby, gobbed, gobbet, gobble, grabby, grubby, haboob, hobbed, hobbit, hobble, hobnob, hubbly, hubbub, imbibe, jabbed, jabber, jibbed, jibber, jobbed, jobber, jubbah, kababs, kabobs, kebabs, kebbie, kebobs, kibbeh, kibbes, kibbis, kibble, knobby, knubby, libber, liblab, lobbed, lobber, lubber, mobbed, mobber, nabbed, nabber, nabobs, nibbed, nibble, nobble, nubbin, nubble, nubbly, pebble, pebbly, rabbet, rabbin, rabbis, rabbit, rabble, rebbes, ribbed, ribber, ribbon, robbed, robber, robbin, rubbed, rubber, rubble, rubbly, sabbat, sabbed, scabby, shabby, skibob, slobby, snobby, snubby, sobbed, sobber, stubby, subbed, subdeb, suburb, swabby, tabbed, tabbis, tubbed, tubber, wabble, wabbly, webbed, wobble, wobbly, yabber, yobbos. | |
+5 letters: abbotcy, absorbs, abubble, babassu, babbitt, babbled, babbler, babbles, babesia, babiche, babools, baboons, babying, babyish, babysat, babysit, backbit, balboas, bambini, bambino, bamboos, bandbox, baobabs, barbate, barbell, barbels, barbers, barbets, barbing, barbule, barbuts, batboys, bathtub, baubees, baubles, bawbees, beanbag, bebeeru, beblood, bedaubs, bedbugs, bedumbs, beebees, belabor, bellboy, benumbs, berobed, bibasic, bibbers, bibbery, bibbing, bibcock, bibelot, bibless, biblike, biblist, bicarbs, bilboas, bilboes, billbug, bilobed, bimboes, bitable, blabbed, blabber, blaubok, blesbok, blobbed, blowbys, blowjob, blubbed, blubber, blurbed, bobbers, bobbery, bobbies, bobbing, bobbins, bobbled, bobbles, bobcats, bobeche, bobsled, bobstay, bobtail, bogbean, bombard, bombast, bombers, bombing, bonbons, boobies, boobing, boobish, booboos, boombox, boshbok, boubous, bourbon, brabble, bramble, brambly, brewpub, bribees, bribers, bribery, bribing, bubales, bubalis, bubbies, bubbled, bubbler, bubbles, bubinga, bubonic, bugaboo, bugbane, bugbear, bulbels, bulbils, bulblet, bulbous, bulbuls, bullbat, bumbled, bumbler, bumbles, bumboat, burbled, burbler, burbles, burbots, busbars, busbies, busboys, buyable, buyback, cabbage, cabbala, cabbies, cabbing, cabomba, clabber, clobber, clubbed, clubber, cobbers, cobbier, cobbled, cobbler, cobbles, cobwebs, crabbed, crabber, cribbed, cribber, crybaby, cubbies, cubbish, dabbers, dabbing, dabbled, dabbler, dabbles, dibbers, dibbing, dibbled, dibbler, dibbles, dibbuks, dobbers, dobbies, dobbins, drabbed, drabber, drabbet, drabble, dribbed, dribble, dribbly, drubbed, drubber, dubbers, dubbing, dubbins, dybbuks, fibbers, fibbing, flubbed, flubber, flubdub, fobbing, fribble, fubbing, gabbard, gabbart, gabbers, gabbier, gabbing, gabbled, gabbler, gabbles, gabbros, gibbers, gibbets, gibbing, gibbons, gibbose, gibbous, glibber, gobbets, gobbing, gobbled, gobbler, gobbles, grabbed, grabber, grabble, gribble, grubbed, grubber, haboobs, hobbies, hobbing, hobbits, hobbled, hobbler, hobbles, hobnobs, hubbies, hubbubs, imbibed, imbiber, imbibes, jabbers, jabbing, jibbers, jibbing, jibboom, jobbers, jobbery, jobbing, jubbahs, kabbala, kebbies, kebbock, kebbuck, kibbehs, kibbitz, kibbled, kibbles, kibbutz, knobbed, knobbly, libbers, liblabs, lobbers, lobbied, lobbies, lobbing, lobbyer, lubbers, mobbers, mobbing, mobbish, nabbers, nabbing, nebbish, nibbing, nibbled, nibbler, nibbles, nobbier, nobbily, nobbled, nobbler, nobbles, nubbier, nubbins, nubbles, pebbled, pebbles, quibble, rabbets, rabbies, rabbins, rabbits, rabbity, rabbled, rabbler, rabbles, rabboni, rhubarb, ribband, ribbers, ribbier, ribbing, ribbons, ribbony, robbers, robbery, robbing, robbins, rubaboo, rubbers, rubbery, rubbing, rubbish, rubbled, rubbles, sabbath, sabbats, sabbing, scabbed, scabble, scrubby, shrubby, skibobs, slabbed, slabber, slobber, slubbed, slubber, snibbed, snubbed, snubber, sobbers, sobbing, squabby, stabbed, stabber, stobbed, stubbed, stubble, stubbly, subbase, subbass, subbing, subdebs, suburbs, swabbed, swabber, swabbie, swobbed, swobber, tabbied, tabbies, tabbing, tubbers, tubbier, tubbing, wabbled, wabbler, wabbles, webbier, webbing, wobbled, wobbler, wobbles, yabbers, yobboes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 42 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... -... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B B |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0042 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3636 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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