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BBL

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See also: bbl

English

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /biː biː ɛl/

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Phrase

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BBL

  1. Initialism of be back later; also bbl.

Noun

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BBL (plural BBLs)

  1. Initialism of Brazilian butt lift.
    • 2018 November 18, Eva Wiseman, The Observer:
      At an average cost of £3,000 abroad and £8,000 in the UK, the BBL uses liposuction to extract fat from a patient’s thighs to then inject it into their buttocks, but less invasive treatments proliferate.
    • 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
      Dream Body Recovery is just one of countless recovery houses that have cropped up in Miami, which has become the heartbeat of the B.B.L. boom in the United States. The average price of a B.B.L. nationwide is around $5,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Proper noun

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BBL

  1. Initialism of British Basketball League.
  2. Bank Brussel Lambert (Banque Bruxelles Lambert), now part of the ING Group
  3. Initialism of Big Bash League.

French

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Proper noun

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BBL f

  1. Initialism of Banque Bruxelles Lambert.