different between obb vs obs

English

Alternative forms

• obb.

Noun

obb

1. (music) Abbreviation of obbligato.

Anagrams

• BOB, Bob, bob

Manx

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish opaid, from Old Irish as·boind (“to refuse”).

Verb

obb (verbal noun obbal, present participle gobbal, past participle obbit)

1. deny, disclaim
2. abstain
3. refuse, decline, disavow, turn down
4. negate, denounce
5. forbid
6. (of a horse) jib
7. disown
8. refute, abnegate

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

obb f (genitive singular obbee)

1. enchantment

English

Alternative forms

• obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")

Etymology 1

Adjective

obs

1. Abbreviation of obsolete (as a gloss for words in dictionaries)
2. Abbreviation of observed

Noun

obs pl (plural only)

1. (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).

Etymology 2

Noun

obs (uncountable)

1. (slang) police observation

   Synonym: obbo

   • 2017, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy The Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang

     But I now knew I was under obs by the Gardai as well as by GMP.

   • 2018, Paige Elizabeth Turner, Clock Face of Ills

     Had you under obs for three weeks.

2. An observation hut.

Etymology 3

Noun

obs

1. plural of ob

Anagrams

• BOS, BSO, Bos., OSB, SOB, bos, sob

Danish

Verb

obs

1. Abbreviation of observér (“nota bene”).

Adjective

obs

1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, careful

Proper noun

obs

1. Acronym of Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ps/
• Hyphenation: obs

Etymology 1

ob +? es

Contraction

obs

1. Contraction of ob es.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

obs

1. singular imperative of obsen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of obsen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Clipping of observant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ps/, /?ps/ (examples of pronunciation)

Adjective

obs (singular and plural obs)

1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful

References

• “obs” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bos, obs.

Swedish

Verb

obs

1. Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).

Anagrams

• bos

Volapük

Pronoun

obs

1. we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)