HB

Meaning

Name

Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen, the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.

Adj

Initialism of hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).

Noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of horizontal branch.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang) Initialism of 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. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of homebirth.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, often) Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”) (Compare SB.)
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of halfback.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of horizontal bar.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of high bar.

Phrase

Abbreviation of happy birthday.

Verb

Initialism of hard-block.

Translations

Umarmung

Liebkosung zurück