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ceebs

/siːbz/

ceebs verb: cannot be bothered.

Verb

ceebs (invariable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, invariable) Cannot be bothered.
    • "Okay I’m following on the extremely pricey Dyson with this cheapie – when I’m lazy and ceebs filling my entire eyebrows in with colour, I use this guy."2018 June 26, Melissa Mason, “Beauty Products For Hot Messes With Zero Time For Looking After Themselves”, in Pedestrian, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018

Noun

ceebs (plural not attested)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, no plural) An activity for which one has little or no enthusiasm. Often accompanied by a size qualifier to signify the magnitude of the apathy.
    • "Don't understand why people wear make up on holiday, it's such a ceebs"2014 July 30, El♡ (@_ElyPheasant), “El♡ on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, no plural, often preceded by "the") A humorous, fictional "illness" caused by a lack of enthusiasm for an activity.
    • "I've got a major case of the ceebs as regards making breakfast. If it was really that important I'd be bothered, right?"2012 August 19, cam smith (@sexenheimer), “cam smith on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018

Interjection

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial) An expression of a lack of enthusiasm for an activity.
    • "So, the essay's tomorrow… if you want to pass, you'll have to study tonight." "Ceebs!"

Adjective

ceebs (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) tedious.
    • It's so ceebs! Can't be bothered to do anything on a Monday!2023, Christopher Bahng, Chan's Room, episode 205

ceebs meaning in Tamil

ceebs in Tamil

தொல்லையில்லாமலிருப்பது

Origin of ceebs

From the pronunciation of the letters CB, from the start of various acronyms such as CBA (“can't be arsed”), CBB (“can't be bothered”).

Words that rhyme with ceebs

Questions about ceebs

What does ceebs mean?
Ceebs means cannot be bothered.
What is ceebs in Tamil?
Ceebs in Tamil is தொல்லையில்லாமலிருப்பது. See Ceebs meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ceebs?
Ceebs can be a verb, a noun, an interjection or an adjective.
How do you pronounce ceebs?
Ceebs is pronounced /siːbz/ (UK).

Words near ceebs in the dictionary

  1. cee
  2. cee spring
  3. cee springs
  4. cee-lo
  5. CEEB
  6. ceebs
  7. CEEC
  8. CeeCee
  9. CEECs
  10. Ceefax
  11. Ceener

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ceebs (page history and authors); ceebs (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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