abs

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See also: ABS, ABs, Abs, abs-, abs., Abs., and A♭s

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

abs

  1. Abbreviation of abstract.

Noun

abs

  1. (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
  2. Acronym of absolute temperature.
  3. (mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

Usage notes

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

abs

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abs”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Anagrams

Livonian

Noun

abs

  1. inessive singular of ab

Portuguese

Etymology

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

Noun

abs

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) hugs

Interjection

abs

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.

Synonyms

  • (used as a goodbye) bjs
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