different between wabs vs abs

English

Noun

wabs pl (plural only)

1. (Britain, slang) Breasts.
   • 1999, John Patterson, The Guardian, 17 Dec 1999:

     a DVD of the noxious, abominably brilliant 1983 teen sex-comedy Screwballs. That's right, the one about a foxy cheerleader named Purity Bush and the six nerds who'll move heaven and earth to catch an eyeful of her tanktop-straining wabs.

   • 2011, Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman:

     But what of your wabs? After all, it's not like it's any easier to think of something to call your breasts. They sit on your ribcage, from the age of 13 onwards, and yet there's scarcely a word you can refer to them with that isn't going to make either you, or someone else, uncomfortable.

Anagrams

• AWBs, Swab, swab

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbz/
• Rhymes: -æbz

Adjective

abs

1. Abbreviation of abstract.

Noun

abs

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

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• abdominal muscles
• abdominals

Translations

Verb

abs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ab

References

Anagrams

• B. A. S., B.A.S., B.A.s, BAS, BAs, BSA, SAB, SBA, Sab., bas, sab

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.

   Synonym: bjs

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.