collab

¹

[kuh-lab]

noun

1. a collaboration.

   a new collab between a Russian designer and a British clothing brand.

2. a collaborator.

   Thanks to all my collabs!

verb (used without object)

1. to collaborate.

   It’s great that on this album we got to collab with so many cool people.

collab.

²

abbreviation

1. collaboration.

2. collaborator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of collab¹

First recorded in 2000–05; by shortening

Example Sentences

Fans launched into a frenzy of speculation, predicting a collab or new music from the pair.

From BBC

While a downpour isn’t the ideal weather condition for an outdoor concert — my Bohemian FC x Oasis collab football jersey went unseen under a fashionable rain parka — it was certainly fitting for a band that routinely, perhaps obsessively, sings about rain.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet she scored her first No. 1 single with the Morgan Wallen collab “What I Want.”

From Los Angeles Times

His recent cross-genre collab with Grupo Frontera shouldn’t come as a surprise.

From Los Angeles Times

The music still puts catchy vocal hooks over chunky guitar fuzz, though the LP also includes a laid-back rap-rock collab with Wiz Khalifa and a pretty credible country tune in the wistful “Deserve You.”

From Los Angeles Times