abs

plural noun Informal.

1. abdominal muscles.

1. antilock braking system.

1. Chemistry. ABS resin.

noun

1. Av.

1. variant of ab-: absent; abscond.

1. absent.
2. absolute.
3. abstract.

1. American Bible Society.
2. American Bureau of Shipping.

pl n

1. informal abdominal muscles

abbreviation for

1. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene: any of a range of tough copolymers used esp for making moulded articles

noun

1. a variant of Av

abbreviation for

1. Also: a.b. able-bodied seaman
2. (in the US) Bachelor of Arts
3. (esp in postal addresses) Alberta (Canada)

symbol for

4. a human blood type of the ABO group, containing both the A antigen and the B antigen

n.

colloquial shortening of abdominals, by 1992.

form of ab- before -c-, -q- or -t-.

abbr.

1. antibody