deb
/dɛb/
deb noun: a debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).
Noun (1)
deb (plural debs)
- A debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).
- Josie Powell that was, prettiest deb in Dublin. How time flies by!1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 422
- Go back to your debs or little boys if that's what you fancy and leave us hard working girls, the virile, mature and experienced working men of this world.1989, Michael Pakenham, The Bitter Web, Lewes, Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd, →ISBN, page 41
- A debutante ball or debut.
- "When I met him at my deb, I fell for him. Wanted nothing more than to marry him. That it happened, even after all those years, felt as if the stars had finally aligned."2017, Gian Sardar, You Were Here, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 143
- Synonyms:
- debs
- A female member of a gang.
- Then one night Liz showed up at the factory with a scratched face and torn blouse. She had been in a fight at the park with another girl, a deb of the Porto Rican Flyers.1950, Hal Ellson, Tomboy, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 157
- I want you to take over absolute control of all the debs until Ruby is released. Your main job will be to see that most of the girls take at least two tricks a night someplace where the boys can roll them without too much trouble.1972, Donald Goines, Black Gangster, Los Angeles, C.A.: Holloway House Publishing Company, published 2004, →ISBN, page 38
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Deb
Deb (plural Debs)
- A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Deb
Deb (plural Debs)
Noun (2) capitalized: DEB
DEB (countable and uncountable, plural DEBs)
- Initialism of dynamic energy budget.
- Initialism of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
deb meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
deb in Hindi
- देब, डेब
deb in Marathi
- डेब
deb in Urdu
- ڈیب
deb in Telugu
- డెబ్, దెబ్, దేబ్
More languagesFewer languages
- deb in Malayalam
- ദെബ്, ഡെബ്, ദേബ്
- deb in Kannada
- ದೆಬ್, ಡೆಬ್, ದೇಬ್
- deb in Punjabi
- ਦੇਬ, ਡੀ. ਈ. ਬੀ
- deb in Gujarati
- દેબ, ડેબ
- deb in Odia
- ଡେବ୍
- deb in Nepali
- डेब
Examples of deb in a sentence
- 'God, I could tell you some stories about my debs days.
- Deb actually felt sorry for her then, in spite of everything.
- 'I had my debs there,' she said, 'four years ago last summer.'
Synonyms of deb
Forms of deb
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | debs |
| plural | DEBs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Debs |
| alternative form | Dev |
Origin of deb
Clipping of debutante or debut.
Shortening.
Borrowed from Bengali দেব (deb).
Words formed from deb
Words that rhyme with deb
5 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about deb
- What does deb mean?
- Deb means a debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).
- What is deb in Hindi?
- Deb in Hindi is देब, डेब. See Deb meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deb?
- Deb can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce deb?
- Deb is pronounced /dɛb/.
- What is the plural of deb?
- The plural of deb is debs.
Words near deb in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: deb (page history and authors); Deb (page history and authors); DEB (page history and authors); deb (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deb (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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