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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.

• HH: Hansestadt Hamburg (Hanseatic city of Hamburg)

HB (not comparable)

1. Initialism of 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.

HB (plural HBs)

1. (stars) Initialism of horizontal branch.
2. (slang, seduction community) 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. (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.

HB

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

   Alternative form: HBD

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

1. (transitive, Internet slang) Initialism of hard-block.

   Alternative form: hb

   Coordinate term: SB (“soft-block”)

   • 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

• B"H, B&H, BH

HB

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

   Synonym: Hbf.

• “HB” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːbə/

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• Rhymes: -oːbə
• Hyphenation: H‧B

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

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

• BH, bh

HB

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

   Synonym: hb

   Har nån fixat HB?

   Did anyone get moonshine?

• BH, bh