abs
plural noun
abdominal muscles.
abs
1 American
[abz]
/ æbz /
plural noun
Informal.
ABS
2
American
abs-
3
American
abs.
4
American
abbreviation
-
absent.
-
absolute.
-
abstract.
A.B.S.
5
American
abbreviation
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American Bible Society.
-
American Bureau of Shipping.
ABS
1
British
abbreviation
abs
2
British
/ æbz /
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of abs
An Americanism dating back to 1980–85; by shortening
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In one of the Super Bowl slots, a short man asks a representation of an AI assistant how to get six-pack abs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Today the artists... give them six-pack abs and muscles."
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
The 37-year-old American looked in incredible shape, with defined abs showing despite the extra weight he has carried for this potential history-making fight.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
They work your back, shoulders, abs and lower body, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2025
She has a flying saucer thing that can keep a salad chilled and a set of stretchy bands that give you rock-hard abs.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
The lowest performer among umpires with at least 900 pitches called in 2026, 59-year-old Andy Fletcher, has been overturned on 38 of the 54 called pitches that have been appealed to ABS, or 70.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Umpires under the age of 40 entered Monday having been overturned 50.1% of the time when challenged, according to data from TapToChallenge, a website created by a data analyst in Texas that tracks ABS statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
And Banda struck him out on a fastball that barely clipped the outside corner — and was initially called a ball, before a successful ABS challenge by Twins catcher Victor Caratini.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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
Means, abl. of, 218; —— abl. abs. denoting, 227, 2; —— denoted by partic.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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
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.
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