def
1[ def ]
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adverb Informal.
definitely: Going to Europe this summer? But def!
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Origin of def
1by shortening
def
2[ def ]
/ dɛf /
adjective
Slang. excellent: That hip-hop record is def!
Origin of def
2An Americanism dating back to 1980–85; of uncertain origin
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def
/ (dɛf) /
adjective
slang very good, esp of hip-hop
Word Origin for def
C20: perhaps from definitive
def.
abbreviation for
definition
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def
"excellent," first recorded 1979 in Black English, perhaps a shortened form of definite, or from a Jamaican variant of death.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
def
abbr.
decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for deciduous teeth)
DEF
abbr.
decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for permanent teeth)
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