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BB
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Appendix:Variations of "bb"
Translingual
Symbol
1 2 Barbados
mul BRB ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 alpha-3
1 1 1 a bond is somewhat speculative with substantial risk of default
mul Barbados
English
Alternative forms
en B.B. B. B. bb certain senses only
Noun
~
en electronics en baseband.
en BlackBerry.
en basketball.
en baseball.
en computing en bulletin board.
en music en bass-baritone.
A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
en ball bearing.
en 2010 Richard Hoppe; Theodore L. Phillips; Mack Roach Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology 203 Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.
en bicycle part en bottom bracket.
en baseball A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
en gymnastics en balance beam.
en AA FX UB VT
en US navy en battleship.
Derived terms
en BBCode
en BB gun
en beebee
Related terms
en BBN
en BBS
Proper noun
en Big Brother.
en Big Bang.
en @init of:Bangka Belitung Islands province c/Indonesia.
Phrase
phr
en internet slang text messaging en bye bye.
Adverb
en adverb
en bareback without a condom.
Synonyms
without a condom en Thesaurus:condomless
Phrase
phr
en best-before date best before.
Translations
best before
French: fr MA
Albanian
sq:Banka Botërore
Proper noun
-
sq Banka Botërore World Bank
sq Organizations
Chinese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from zh en baby.
Alternative forms
啤啤
Pronunciation
bībī bi4 bi1,bei4 bi1,bei4 bi2,bi4 bi2 bi4 bi1 - Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur; bei4 bi1, bei4 bi2, bi4 bi2 - Kuala Lumpur yue-bi4bi1.ogg n
Noun
zh noun
zh Cantonese baby
zh Cantonese Affectionate term of address, especially between young couples
zh Taiwanese Ike Broflovski a character from South Park in the Mandarin dub of the show.
Synonyms
嬰兒
Derived terms
zh BB女 BB仔 BB籃 BB床 BB凳 BB房 BB用品 BB班 BB車 BB豬
See also
zh 北鼻
Further reading
Hong Kong Cantonese#Imported loanwords
Modern Cantonese Phonology; Robert S. Bauer, Paul K. Benedict; Mouton de Gruyter; 1997; page 404
Etymology 2
zh.
Pronunciation
bi1 bi1 n
Noun
zh noun
zh Cantonese whistle
吹 B{bi1}B{bi1} to blow a whistle C
Synonyms
哨子
See also
zh 嗶
Etymology 3
zh
Pronunciation
bībi v
Verb
zh Mandarin slang to complain; to talk rubbish
你 行 你 上,不行 別 BB (also “you can you up, no can no BB”) If you can do it, go ahead; if you can't, don't criticize it
Etymology 4
From zh en BB.
Pronunciation
bībī noun
Noun
zh noun
en BB a type of pellet
Derived terms
zh BB槍 BB彈
Indonesian
Pronunciation
id /ˈbe.be/
Noun
id healthcare id berat badan bodyweight
id en:BlackBerry.
Japanese
Pronunciation
ブルー バック
Noun
ブルー バック
ja internet slang ja ブルーバック
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv /²beːˌbeː/
Noun
n
sv barnbördshus birthing centre
sv De flesta föds på BB. Most people are born at birthing centres.
Declension
BB BB:t BB:n BB:na BB:s
zh Fictional characters South Park