fab

[ fab ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. fabulous ( def 1 ).

fab

¹

/ fæb /

adjective

1. See fabulous
   short for fabulous

interjection

1. an expression of approval or enthusiasm

F.A.B.

²

interjection

1. an expression of agreement to, or acknowledgment of, a command

FAB

³

abbreviation for

1. flavoured alcoholic beverage
2. fuel air bomb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fab¹

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

Word History and Origins

Origin of fab¹

C20: from British television series Thunderbirds

Example Sentences

Parents could even buy a whole pre-fab mission-making kit in case their kid happened to mention after dinner that the project is due tomorrow.

From Voice of San Diego

Not only are the fabs for manufacturing such chips expensive, but the cost of designing the immensely complex circuits is now beyond the reach of many companies.

From MIT Technology Review

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer championed the construction of GlobalFoundries’ fab in his home state of New York, and lobbied for more.

From Time

Chip fabs aren’t just factories, but linchpins of American self-reliance.

From Time

It’ll take you inside the mosaic of the fab filmmaker’s life and work.

From Washington Blade

The Beatles Story Museum features a replica of the Cavern Club and a Fab 4D animated cinema show.

From The Daily Beast

The Fab Four swam up out of the developing bath, youngsters again on the verge of everything.

From The Daily Beast

Fab Five Freddy, DJ Lindsay Luv, and others recall his legacy.

From The Daily Beast

Not since the high-gloss first lady started flaunting those glistening ab-fab Obama-arms, the body part du jour.

From The Daily Beast

This insect varies so much in colour, that I almost think it to be the same species with the following S. cyanipes, Fab.

From Project Gutenberg

Not long after, the earle of Chester going ouer to Wales, with long and continual warres tired and Fab.

From Project Gutenberg

Fab′ulist, one who invents fables; Fabulos′ity, Fab′ulousness.

From Project Gutenberg

It is, as to its general shape, similarly constructed in Agrion Fab.

From Project Gutenberg

For illustrations of the fable of this play, compare Hyginus, Fab.

From Project Gutenberg

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