HB

See also: hb, Hb., ḥb, ḫb, and Hb

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

HB

1. Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen. The German city of Bremen. (Used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.)

   Let's meet in HB tomorrow.

Related terms

• HH: Hansestadt Hamburg (Hanseatic city of Hamburg)

Adjective

HB (not comparable)

1. hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 15:

     Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin.

Noun

HB (plural HBs)

1. (stars) Initialism of horizontal branch.
2. (slang, seduction community) A hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
3. (health) Initialism of homebirth.
4. (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”). (Compare SB.)

   HB2

5. (American football) Initialism of halfback.
6. (gymnastics) Initialism of horizontal bar.
7. (gymnastics) Initialism of high bar.

Related terms

horizontal branch

• AGB
• BHB
• TRGB
• ZAHB

 

house bill

• AB
• AR
• HR
• SB
• SR

 

Phrase

HB

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of happy birthday.

   Alternative form: HBD

Verb

HB (third-person singular simple present HBs, present participle HBing, simple past and past participle HBed or HB'd)

1. (transitive, Internet slang) To hard-block.

   Coordinate term: SB (“soft-block”)

   Alternative form: hb

   • 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter‎^[1]:

     i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh

Anagrams

• B"H, B&H, BH

German

Noun

HB

1. (Switzerland) Initialism of Hauptbahnhof (“central/main train station”).

   Synonym: Hbf.

Further reading

• “HB” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːbə/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːbə
• Hyphenation: H‧B

Noun

HB

1. Initialism of hjemmebrent (“moonshine”).
   • 1959, Aftenposten, page 7:

     «Mur av uvidenhet» når lensmannen vil efterforske HB. Hjemmebrenning på Auraanlegget i alle år

     "Wall of ignorance" when the sheriff wants to investigate HB. Moonshining at the Auraanlegg in all years

Derived terms

• HB-apparat (“apparatus for distilling moonshine”)

Anagrams

• BH, bh

Swedish

Noun

HB

1. Initialism of handelsbolag (“general partnership”).
2. (slang) Initialism of hembränt (“moonshine”).

   Synonym: hb

   Har nån fixat HB?

   Did anyone get moonshine?

Anagrams

• BH, bh