noun Informal.
- a carburetor.
noun
verb (used without object)
- to eat large quantities of carbohydrates before a major physical exertion in order to store up energy (usually followed by up): Some marathon runners carb up on spaghetti the night before a race.
- variant of carbo- before a vowel: carbazole.
noun
- short for carburettor
- short for carbohydrate
1942 as an abbreviation of carburetor; c.2000 as short for carbohydrate.
pref.
- Variant ofcarbo-