abs

Abbreviation of English Ambonese.

abs

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ambonese Malay.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambonese Malay terms

• IPA^(key): /æbz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æbz

abs

1. Abbreviation of abstract.

abs

1. (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]
2. Acronym of absolute temperature.
3. (mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

• abdominal muscles
• abdominals

abs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

• B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, sab, sab., B. A. S., Bas, BAS, Sab., SAB, bas, ASB, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

From Proto-Italic *aps, variant of *ap (see ab). Compare Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “back again; in return”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaps]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈabs]

abs (+ ablative)

1. (Old Latin) alternative form of ab
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam 1.16:

     Quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• This form is used almost exclusively with the second person singular pronoun (tē) in Old Latin up until the early Classical period as an archaicism, with Cicero hesitating between abs tē and ā tē until the latter won out in the final years of his life. The variant most likely became obsolete at the latest by the end of the Augustan era.

abs

1. inessive singular of ab

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

abs m pl (plural only)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) hugs
   • 2014, Mônica d'Olliveira, Rodopios: Antologia, Editora Filhos do Vento, →ISBN, page 19:

     Te cutuco no FB
     Pq quero
     Abs e bjs

     I poke u on FB
     Cuz I want
     X’s & o’s

abs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging

   Synonym: bjs

abs

1. plural of ab

• “abs, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.