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Meaning of AB | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2
/æb/

Definitions

  1. Clipping of abdominal muscle .
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  2. An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
    slang
  3. Abbreviation of abortion.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  4. The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.
    US

Translations

Deutsch Bauchmuskeln
Français abdo
日本語 腹筋
한국어 아브
Русский пресс
中文 腹肌

Examples

“The bikinied models in most of the ESPN2 shows have abs. Many of the malnourished bikinied models in the commercials have visible rib cages. How did the two get conflated into a shared vision of beauty?”
“When possible, do your ab workout on a day when you're not training a major muscle group […] .”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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