HB

Initialism of hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).

Adjective

  1. Initialism of hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
    • Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin. - 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 15:

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen, the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.
    • Let's meet in HB tomorrow.

Related

HH

Noun

  1. Initialism of horizontal branch.
  2. Initialism of hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
  3. Initialism of home birth.
  4. Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”) (Compare SB.)
    • HB2
    • Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses. - 2025 September 14, Abené Clayton, “Utah...
  5. Initialism of halfback.
  6. Initialism of horizontal bar.
  7. Initialism of high bar.
  8. Clipping of HB pencil

Forms

HBs

Related

AGB BHB TRGB ZAHB AB AR HR SB SR

Phrase

  1. Abbreviation of happy birthday.

    Related: HBD

Verb

  1. Initialism of hard-block.
    • 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 - 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter:

    Coordinate Terms: SB

    Related: hb

Forms

HBs HBing HBed HB'd