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  abs

  plural noun

  abdominal muscles.
• ABS
  ABS

  antilock braking system.
• abs-
  abs-

  variant of ab-.
• abs.
  abs.

  abbreviation

  absent.
• A.B.S.
  A.B.S.

  abbreviation

  American Bible Society.

abs

¹ American  

[abz] / æbz /

plural noun

Informal.

1. abdominal muscles.

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ABS ² American  

1. antilock braking system.

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abs- ³ American  

1. variant of ab-.

   absent; abscond.

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abs. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. absent.

2. absolute.

3. abstract.

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A.B.S. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. American Bible Society.

2. American Bureau of Shipping.

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ABS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene: any of a range of tough copolymers used esp for making moulded articles

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abs ² British  

/ æbz /

plural noun

1. informal abdominal muscles

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Etymology

Origin of abs

An Americanism dating back to 1980–85; by shortening

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

abs ABS abs. A.B.S.

He shared a picture that he claimed was of himself showing his chiselled abs on the beach and claimed to be financially secure.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

"Today the artists... give them six-pack abs and muscles."

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

At 61, he seems to have sprouted a new rung of abs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

They work your back, shoulders, abs and lower body, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2025

I stretch my feet, calves, quads, abs, arms, neck, everything.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He fell behind 0-2 in the count to Jackson Merrill, who flipped a strike call with an ABS challenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Job vacancies also fell 2.1% over the three months to May, marking the first such decline since August, the ABS said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

As Smith alluded to, under the challenge system — as opposed to fulltime ABS, which MLB also tested in the minors — it’s still possible to steal strikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Entering Friday, he’s challenged 41 calls through the ABS system from behind the plate, the 10th-most of any catcher.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

It was called an ABS, or asset-backed security.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“It’s not about personalities or somebody’s abs. There’s no salaciousness about it, it is purely about the music.”

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016

But, in that case, we can perceive no reason why the Inf. abs. should be placed before the tempus finitum.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Means, abl. of, 218; —— abl. abs. denoting, 227, 2; —— denoted by partic.,

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Thus to find the distribution curve for 1000� abs., it is only necessary to multiply all the numbers in the wave-length scale of fig.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

In 1907, the A.B.S. set out to reinvigorate the Bison bison bison population by sending fifteen Bronx-born bison, by train, to the Wichita Reserve Bison Refuge.

From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2016

Thanks to the efforts of the A.B.S. and of private ranchers, North America is today home to some half a million bison, most of them in captivity.

From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2016

Pumping out celebrity-inspired dresses isn't new for companies like A.B.S.,

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2011

"I thought it was going to be over the top, but it was more about simplicity and elegance," said Allen Schwartz, co-owner of A.B.S., which is known for pumping out copies of celebrity dresses.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2011

His version of the Old Testament, first published by the American Bible Society in 1875, has since been repeatedly issued by both the A.B.S. and the B.F.B.S.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.