Definitions for BB

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Spelling: [bee-bee]

IPA: /ˈbiˌbi/

Bb is a 2 letter English word.

You can make 3 anagrams from letters in BB (bb).

Definitions for BB

noun

1. a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
2. Also called BB shot. shot of this size.
3. Billie Jean (Moffitt) [mof-it] /ˈmɒf ɪt/ (Show IPA), born 1943, U.S. tennis player.
4. Clarence, 1842–1901, U.S. geologist and cartographer.
5. Coretta Scott [kaw-ret-uh] /kɔˈrɛt ə/ (Show IPA), 1927–2006, U.S. civil rights leader (widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
6. Ernest Joseph, 1878–1956, U.S. naval officer.
7. Martin Luther, Jr. 1929–68, U.S. Baptist minister: civil-rights leader; Nobel Peace Prize 1964.
8. Maxine ("Micki") born 1944, U.S. springboard diver.
9. Richard, 1825–85, U.S. rancher and steamboat operator.
10. Riley B ("B.B") 1925–2015, U.S. blues singer and guitarist.
11. Rufus, 1755–1827, U.S. political leader and statesman.
12. Stephen, born 1947, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
13. William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48.
14. William Rufus DeVane [duh-veyn] /dəˈveɪn/ (Show IPA), 1786–1853, vice president of the U.S. 1853.

Origin of BB

An Americanism dating back to 1870-75

Examples for BB

An illegal stock tip is not the same thing as a swindle; but $68 million buys a lot of basketballs and BB guns.

The 12-year-old boy was shot by a police officer after brandishing what turned out to be a BB gun.

It was later reported that the weapon was a BB gun that appeared to be a .45-caliber pistol.

In fig. 1, aa is the body of the lock, BB the bolt and cc the key.

There is a reason why I keep a BB gun in my nightstand that could easily be mistaken for a handgun.

Let BB be part of the pitch-circle, and a the point where a tooth is to cross it.

Let ω be the section and v the velocity of the stream at BB.

Straight into his eye and into his brain, if he had any, the BB shot had gone.

One woman, BB, is a former pastor who was outed to her congregation before she could even tell her loved ones.

Hes a grand horse, said BB; hes the grandest horse that ever was!