PBA
Americanabbreviation
-
Police Benevolent Association.
-
Professional Bowlers Association.
-
Also called emotional incontinence. pseudobulbar affect.
-
Public Buildings Administration.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Cameron Crowe, a cheery Black bowler, is the newer kid, good enough to play in this company, but with no PBA titles to his name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
As directors Hernandez and Lazarte seem well aware, there’s a reason the PBA doesn’t operate the largest spectator sport in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Wimberley started his PBA informally, by inviting neighbors over to burn his land; “kind of an old-school thing,” he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
There’s even a late cameo by PBA legend Pete Weber.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
The line PBA is sometimes called the radical axis.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
