different between deb vs dyb

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

deb (plural debs)

1. (informal) Clipping of debutante.
2. (informal) Debutante ball or debut.

Anagrams

• B.Ed., BDE, BED, DBE, EBD, Edb., bed

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of debiel.

Noun

deb m (plural debben)

1. (Belgium, offensive, colloquial) Clipping of debiel.

Anagrams

• bed

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

deb f (invariable)

1. deb, debutante

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ð?bu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?buh, from Proto-Austronesian *t?buS.

Noun

deb

1. sugar cane

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *q?uw (“far”). Cognate with Iu Mien go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?/

Adjective

deb

1. far

English

Alternative forms

• dib

Etymology

Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.

Verb

dyb (third-person singular simple present dybs, present participle dybbing, simple past and past participle dybbed)

1. (intransitive, sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
   • 2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs (page 54)

     I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse djúpr, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, cognate with English deep and German tief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?y?b?]

Adjective

dyb (neuter dybt, plural and definite singular attributive dybe)

1. deep
2. profound

Inflection

Noun

dyb n (singular definite dybet, plural indefinite dyb)

1. deep, depth
2. abyss

Inflection

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/

Verb

dyb

1. second-person singular imperative of dyba?