debs
debs noun: a debutante ball or debut. Also the plural of deb.
Noun (1)
debs (plural debses)
- A debutante ball or debut.
- 'I had my debs there,' she said, 'four years ago last summer.'2013, Danielle McLaughlin, “A Different Country”, in Declan Meade, editor, What's the Story?, Dublin: The Stinging Fly Press, published 2014, page 80
- 'Ah, the debs!' I go. 'God, I could tell you some stories about my debs days. Like, for instance, the one where I went to two different debses on the same night. That's a famous one about me.'2017, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly [pseudonym; Paul Howard], Operation Trumpsformation, London: Penguin Ireland, →ISBN, page 231
- Synonyms:
- deb
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Debs
Debs
- A short form of the female given name Deborah.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Debs
Debs
- A surname.
Noun (2) capitalized: DEBs
DEBs
- plural of DEB
Also used as
debs is also the plural of deb.
Synonyms of debs
Forms of debs
| plural | debses |
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Origin of debs
Clipping of debutante or debut + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Questions about debs
- What does debs mean?
- Debs means a debutante ball or debut.
- What part of speech is debs?
- Debs can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of debs?
- The plural of debs is debses.
Words near debs in the dictionary
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