Definition/Meaning of HB

• English - Adjective: HB (not comparable) (abbreviation, initialism, not comparable) 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.
• English - Noun: HB (plural HBs) (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of horizontal branch . (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of hot babe , someone pickup artist s try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.) (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of home birth . (abbreviation, initialism, often, followed by a number) Initialism of house bill (“a bill…
• English - Phrase: HB (Internet, abbreviation) Abbreviation of happy birthday .
• English - Verb: HB (third-person singular simple present HBs, present participle HBing, simple past and past participle HBed or HB'd) (Internet, abbreviation, initialism, transitive) Initialism of hard-block . 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter: 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
• English - Proper noun: HB (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen , the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts. Let's meet in HB tomorrow.