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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
def
- Abbreviation of deficit.
- Abbreviation of definition.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adverb[edit]
def
- Abbreviation of definitely.
- i can def sneak out tn. where should i meet u?
Etymology 3[edit]
Clipping of definitive or definitely, alternately an eye spelling of death referring to an absolute.[1][2]
Adjective[edit]
def (comparative deffer, superlative deffest)
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) excellent; very good
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
- 1985, Ralph Farquhar, Krush Groove, spoken by Run (Joseph Simmons):
- You real def. I'm gonna put you on stage.
- 1988, “Run’s House”, in Tougher Than Leather, performed by Run-DMC:
- See I do this thing, so come pursue this king / One minor rhyme is all you just bring / Cause I’m the best I’m def, ask the rest they left
- 1988 February 7, Carly Darling, “L.A.—The Second Deffest City of Hip-Hop”, in Los Angeles Times[3]:
- L.A.—The Second Deffest City of Hip-Hop [title]
References[edit]
- ^ Safire, William (1988-09-25), “On Language: 'Eat Your Peas'”, in The New York Times[1]: “Def, a clip of definitely is now the word for terrif, and on some campuses has out-neatened neat.”
- ^ Staples, Brent (1988-12-18), “On Language: 'High on the Five'”, in The New York Times[2]:
- Failing to see the word's antecedents, I suspected that def was either bogus or an orphan, lost to its slang ancestors through mispronunciation or misspelling […] Three critics of popular music failed to provide me with satisfactory antecedents. One suggested that def was an abbreviation of definitely, another suggested deference and the third had no hunch at all […] Russell Simmons, a founder of the company [Def Jam Recordings], said that his partner, in designing the logo for the company's record label, may have been the first to set def down in writing. Simmons also said that his associate had clearly misheard the word as it was then spoken in the streets. Def, Simmons said, was a mispronunciation of death.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
def
- Alternative form of deef
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of deficiente.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
def m or f by sense (plural defs)
- (Portugal, derogatory, somewhat dated) handicapped
- 2015, “Mafalda Ribeiro: “Parti ossos 90 vezes. Mas agradeço sempre, até as dores””, in Visão[4]:
- Referes-te a ti própria como a “Def”. Detestas o politicamente correto?
- You refer to yourself as the "Def" (handicapped). Do you hate political correctness?.
- (Portugal, derogatory, somewhat dated) retarded, idiot
- Não sejas def. ― Don't be retarded.
- Synonyms: deficiente, tecla 3; see also Thesaurus:idiota
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دف (def), from Persian دف (daf).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dȅf m (Cyrillic spelling де̏ф)
Declension[edit]
Declension of def
See also[edit]
Wolof[edit]
Verb[edit]
def
- to do
References[edit]
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100
Zazaki[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
def ?
- daf (a Persian frame drum)
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