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bbs

bbs is the alternative letter-case form of BBS.

bbs is the plural of bb.

Phrase capitalized: BBS

BBS

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of be back soon.

Noun (1) capitalized: BBS

BBS (countable and uncountable, plural BBSes or BBSs)

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.
    • Parallel to the emergence of text-based multiplayer games, though, was another kind of virtual community: Bulletin Boards (BBSs). BBSs were modems people could dial up to, connect with, and exchange software and messages with other members of the community. […] These BBSs, early frontier outposts...2007, Tim Guest, “Lester Prototype: The Beginning of Virtual Worlds”, in Second Lives: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 60
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of BIOS boot sequence.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of BIOS boot specification.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of baby brine shrimp.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome

Noun (2) capitalized: BBs

BBs

  1. (plural) plural of BB

Forms of bbs

Phrase
alternative formbbs
alternative formb.b.s.
Noun
pluralBBSes
pluralBBSs
alternative formB.B.S.
alternative formB. B. S.

Words formed from bbs

Phrases with bbs

Questions about bbs

What is bbs the alternative letter-case form of?
Bbs is the alternative letter-case form of BBS.
What part of speech is bbs?
Bbs can be a phrase or a noun.

Words near bbs in the dictionary

  1. BBQed
  2. BBQer
  3. BBQers
  4. BBQing
  5. bbqs
  6. bbs
  7. BBSaG
  8. BBSaGs
  9. BBSer
  10. BBSers
  11. BBSes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bbs (page history and authors); BBS (page history and authors); BBs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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