fab
adjective
fab
1 American
[fab]
/ fæb /
adjective
Slang.
fab
2
American
[fab]
/ fæb /
noun
FAB
1
British
abbreviation
-
flavoured alcoholic beverage
-
fuel air bomb
fab
2
British
/ fæb /
adjective
interjection
F.A.B.
3
British
interjection
Etymology
Origin of fab1
First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening
Origin of fab2
First recorded in 1980–85; shortened from fabrication ( def. )
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If Tuchel can keep his fab four fit and firing, England will be a danger to any opponents.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
A single advanced chip fab can draw enormous amounts of water and electricity, and chip production as a whole emits well over 100 million tons of carbon equivalent a year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
This could include SK Hynix’s plans to invest in artificial-intelligence data centers, with its Yongin fab cluster commitments already expected at 600 trillion won, he notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Then Elon Musk tapped Intel to help with his mega-chip fab project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Dad's got this fab pencil sharpener clamped to his desk.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
That work is taking center stage at Arens’ new downtown Los Angeles gallery, FAB LA, in a show titled “And the Winner Is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Goldman Sachs, FAB and SNB did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2022
FAB FRESHMEN: The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Sexton was the centerpiece of a consensus No. 5-rated class, the program’s highest ever recruiting ranking.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2017
Fisher’s shop, just a few minutes’ walk away from Abbott’s, is called FAB Magic Company, short for Fisher-Abbott.
From The Verge ● Sep. 24, 2014
The nomenclators have christened her Stilbum calens, FAB.
From The Mason-Bees by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
At the plaza, Stanley Petey Cox, a rapper who goes by the name Mistah F.A.B., gave a passionate speech about the need to organize and take action.
From The Verge ● Jun. 2, 2020
Right now, he is rapper Mistah F.A.B., and he’s grinding, trying to get the hook just right.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2019
New York State, for example, hopes to be the successful bidder this month on the 870-passenger F.A.B.
From Time Magazine Archive
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