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fabs

fabs is the plural of fab.

fabs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fab.

fabs is the clipping of fabulous.

Meaning of fab

Noun

fab (plural fabs)

  1. (informal) A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    • The chip fab will double its production next year.
    Synonyms:
    fabber, foundry

See all 5 meanings of fab

Meaning of fabulous

Adjective

fabulous (comparative more fabulous, superlative most fabulous)

  1. Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
  2. Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible.
    • [F]abulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: […]1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces
  3. Fictional or not believable; made up.
  4. (obsolete) Known for telling fables or falsehoods; unreliable.
  5. (slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.
  6. (slang) Camp, effeminate.

See all 7 meanings of fabulous

Noun capitalized: FABs

FABs

  1. (plural) plural of FAB

Proper noun capitalized: Fabs

the Fabs

  1. (informal) the Beatles.
    • Meronym: Fab
    • At one time the Fabs told the press that: "Show business belongs to the Jews […]1995, Henry W Sullivan, The Beatles with Lacan: rock 'n' roll as requiem for the modern age

Forms of fabs

comparativemore fabs
superlativemost fabs

Origin of fabs

Abbreviation of Fab Four, + -s.

Questions about fabs

What does fabs mean?
Fabs means the Beatles.
What is fabs the plural of?
Fabs is the plural of fab.
What part of speech is fabs?
Fabs can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near fabs in the dictionary

  1. fabrosaurs
  2. Fabry
  3. Fabry disease
  4. Fabry's disease
  5. Fabrys
  6. fabs
  7. fabtabulous
  8. fabtastic
  9. fabula
  10. fabulae
  11. fabular

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fabs (page history and authors); FABs (page history and authors); Fabs (page history and authors); fab (page history and authors); fabulous (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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