SB

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See also: sb, Sb, .sb, and s/b

Translingual

Symbol

SB

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Solomon Islands.
    Synonym: SLB (alpha-3)

English

Etymology

Initialisms.

Proper noun

SB

  1. Initialism of Special Branch.
    • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 181:
      The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation.
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of Standard Babylonian.

Noun

SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of stretcher bearer.
  2. (sports) Initialism of season best. (this season's personal best).
  3. (baseball) Abbreviation of stolen base.; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.
  4. (electronics, communication) Sideband.
  5. Abbreviation of sexbot.
  6. (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of senate bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a senate”). (Compare HB.)
    SB5
  7. (law, politics) Initialism of state bill.
  8. (oenology, wine) Initialism of Sauvignon blanc.
  9. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of sailing barge.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (sailing) SV, SY
    Coordinate term: (barge) MB
  10. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steam barge.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS
    Coordinate term: (barge) MB
  11. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steamboat.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS
    Coordinate term: (boat) MB

Derived terms

electronics, communication
politics, law
season's best

Adjective

SB (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of southbound.
    Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Adverb

SB (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of southbound.
    Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Verb

SB (third-person singular simple present SBs, present participle SBing, simple past and past participle SBed or SB'd)

  1. (transitive, Internet slang) To soft-block.
    Coordinate term: HB (“hard-block”)
    Alternative form: sb
    • 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

Anagrams

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of SB – see 傻屄 (“stupid cunt; tard; stupid cunt; dumbfuck, piece of shit; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 傻屄).

German

Noun

SB f (genitive SB, plural SBen)

  1. Acronym of Selbstbedienung.

Romanian

Proper noun

SB

  1. Abbreviation of Sibiu, a county in Romania.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Proper noun

SB

  1. Initialism of Sangguniang Bayan.

See also

Noun

SB

  1. Initialism of Batsilyer sa Siyensiya. BS; BSc

Further reading

  • “SB”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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