SB

See also: sb, Sb, .sb, and s/b

Translingual

Symbol

SB

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Solomon Islands.

   Synonym: SLB (alpha-3)

English

Etymology

Initialisms.

Proper noun

SB

1. Initialism of Special Branch.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 181:

     The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation.

2. (linguistics) Initialism of Standard Babylonian.

Noun

SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)

1. (medicine) Initialism of stretcher bearer.
2. (sports) Initialism of season best. (this season's personal best).
3. (baseball) Abbreviation of stolen base.; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.
4. (electronics, communication) Sideband.
5. Abbreviation of sexbot.
6. (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of senate bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a senate”). (Compare HB.)

   SB5

   • 2024 December 25, Devin Trubey, “California to remove restrictions on ADUs, add enforcement if cities don't comply with housing laws”, in ABC10‎^[1]:

     SB 1211 was signed into law to streamline the process and takes effect in January. Currently you can have no more than two ADUs on a property, but the new law increases the limit to eight.

7. (law, politics) Initialism of state bill.
8. (oenology, wine) Initialism of Sauvignon blanc.
9. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of sailing barge.

   Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.

   Coordinate terms: (sailing) SV, SY

   Coordinate term: (barge) MB

10. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steam barge.

    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.

    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS

    Coordinate term: (barge) MB

11. (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steamboat.

    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.

    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS

    Coordinate term: (boat) MB

Derived terms

electronics, communication

• DSB
• SSB
• VSB

Related terms

politics, law

• AB
• AR
• HB
• HR
• SR

season's best

• OB
• PB
• WB

Adjective

SB (not comparable)

1. Initialism of southbound.

   Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Adverb

SB (not comparable)

1. Initialism of southbound.

   Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

Verb

SB (third-person singular simple present SBs, present participle SBing, simple past and past participle SBed or SB'd)

1. (transitive, Internet slang) To soft-block.

   Coordinate term: HB (“hard-block”)

   Alternative form: sb

   • 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter‎^[2]:

     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

Anagrams

• B&S, B's, B. S., B.S., BS, BS., Bs, B−'s, B♭s, B♯s, b's, b******s, bs

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of SB – see 傻屄 (“stupid cunt; stupid cunt; tard; dumbfuck, piece of shit; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 傻屄).

German

Noun

SB f (genitive SB, plural SBen)

1. Acronym of Selbstbedienung.

Romanian

Proper noun

SB

1. Abbreviation of Sibiu, a county in Romania.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔesbi/ [ˈʔɛs.bɪ]
• Rhymes: -esbi

Proper noun

SB

1. Initialism of Sangguniang Bayan.

See also

• SK

Noun

SB

1. Initialism of Batsilyer sa Siyensiya. BS; BSc

Further reading

• “SB”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018