DB

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See also: db, Db, dB, ȸ, and D♭

English

Noun

DB (plural DBs)

  1. Initialism of dead body.
    • 1952, LIFE, volume 32, number 1, page 20:
      With an extra-long weekend before Christmas and New Year's Day coming up, the police of motorized, subwayless Los Angeles had learned by experience to expect plenty of wrecked cars and DBs (dead bodies) on their hands.
  2. (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive back.
  3. (databases) Initialism of database.
  4. (US, military) Initialism of depot brigade.
  5. (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined benefits.
  6. (television) Initialism of delayed broadcast.
  7. Initialism of dirty book: a pornographic publication.
  8. Initialism of diplomatic bag.
  9. (cricket) Initialism of dot ball.

Translations

Proper noun

DB

  1. (rail transport) Initialism of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways). Previously used by its predecessor, Deutsche Bundesbahn.
  2. (in place name histories) Domesday Book
  3. (classics) Abbreviation of Inscription of Darius at Bisutun.
  4. (fandom slang) Abbreviation of Dragon Ball.

Usage notes

Sense 4: used chiefly to refer to the manga and the first anime series (both named Dragon Ball) rather than the franchise as a whole.

Anagrams

German

Proper noun

DB

  1. (initialism) (rail transport) Deutsche Bahn, the national railway company of Germany

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

DB (plural DB-DB)

  1. initialism of demam berdarah (“hemorrhagic fever”)

Romanian

Proper noun

DB

  1. abbreviation of Dâmbovița: a county of Romania
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