Q.B.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Queen's Bench.

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QB ² American  

Chess.

1. queen's bishop.

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q.b. ³ American  

abbreviation

Football.

1. quarterback.

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QB British  

abbreviation

1. Queen's Bench

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symbol

1. chess queen's bishop

Example Sentences

“Instead of an amount it just says, q.b. or quanto basta — that amount that is enough. It’s the Italian shrug of the recipe.”

From Los Angeles Times

N.F.L. playbooks can be hundreds or thousands of pages long, and, for each play, the Q.B. must know the assignments of the other ten offensive players on the field.

From The New Yorker

During training camp in 2003, Romo’s rookie season, Parcells barks at his Q.B.,

From The New Yorker

Now he wasn’t anyone’s franchise Q.B. anymore; he was a backup.

From The New Yorker

Foles took over when Vick pulled a hamstring in the Giants game at the Meadowlands—Harry and I were in the stands that day—and, in the ensuing weeks, the Q.B. went on a remarkable run, peaking in the Oakland game in which he threw for seven touchdowns and earned a perfect passing rating, the only time any quarterback has done both at the same time.

From The New Yorker