def1
[def]
- definitely: Going to Europe this summer? But def!
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Origin of def1
by shortening
def2
[def]
- Slang. excellent: That hip-hop record is def!
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Origin of def2
An Americanism dating back to 1980–85; of uncertain origin
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Contemporary Examples
Rico Finally Paid: its easy fast money money and im welling to spoil you to def .
What do Charlie Sheen, Marion Cotillard, and Mos Def have in common?
From The New Yorker to Mos Def, see the best quotes about the beast on Atlantic Avenue.
He soon garnered a reputation as a stellar stand-up comic, making regular appearances on Def Comedy Jam.
After exiting Def Jam Records in 2000, Lighty would strike out on his own, forming Violator Management and Violator Records.
Historical Examples
Drowned to def in de hogshead, wid a brick tied erround him.
The Broken SwordDennison Worthington
When points and lines have been defined, a statement like Def.
A circle and its circumference have been defined in Book I., Def.
"I can't bar to know a human critter is starving to def," she muttered, setting the basket in a branch of the fallen tree.
Alice Wilde: The Raftman's DaughterMetta V. Victor
And dars Mars Bev, most pester his mar to def ter let him go; but cose dat chile he too young; he ant more'n fou'teen.
The Southern CrossFoxhall Daingerfield, Jr.
def
- slang very good, esp of hip-hop
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Word Origin
C20: perhaps from definitive
def.
- definition
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Word Origin and History for def
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def
- decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for deciduous teeth)
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DEF
- decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for permanent teeth)
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