HB

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See also: hb, Hb., ḥb, ḫb, and Hb

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

HB

  1. Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen. The German city of Bremen. (Used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.)
    Let's meet in HB tomorrow.

Adjective

HB (not comparable)

  1. hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
    • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 15:
      Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin.

Noun

HB (plural HBs)

  1. (stars) Initialism of horizontal branch.
  2. (slang, seduction community) A hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
  3. (health) Initialism of homebirth.
  4. (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”). (Compare SB.)
    HB2
  5. (American football) Initialism of halfback.
horizontal branch
house bill

Phrase

HB

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of happy birthday.
    Alternative form: HBD

Verb

HB (third-person singular simple present HBs, present participle HBing, simple past and past participle HBed or HB'd)

  1. (transitive, Internet slang) To hard-block.
    Coordinate term: SB (“soft-block”)
    Alternative form: hb
    • 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter‎:
      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

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German

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Noun

HB

  1. (Switzerland) Initialism of Hauptbahnhof (“central/main train station”).
    Synonym: Hbf.

Further reading

  • “HB” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Noun

HB

  1. Initialism of hjemmebrent (“moonshine”).
    • 1959, Aftenposten, page 7:
      «Mur av uvidenhet» når lensmannen vil efterforske HB. Hjemmebrenning på Auraanlegget i alle år
      "Wall of ignorance" when the sheriff wants to investigate HB. Moonshining at the Auraanlegg in all years

Derived terms

  • HB-apparat (“apparatus for distilling moonshine”)

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Swedish

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Noun

HB

  1. Initialism of handelsbolag (“general partnership”).
  2. (slang) Initialism of hembränt (“moonshine”).
    Synonym: hb
    Har nån fixat HB?
    Did anyone get moonshine?

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