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  prob

  noun

  problem.
• prob.
  prob.

  abbreviation

  probable.

prob

¹ American  

[prob] / prɒb /

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

1. problem.

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prob. ² American  

abbreviation

1. probable.

2. probably.

3. problem.

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prob. British  

abbreviation

1. probable

2. probably

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Etymology

Origin of prob

By shortening

Example Sentences

“LD check twitter asap,” Magee texted Donovan, “and prob fire your barber.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

“I should prob never tweet again,” she subsequently tweeted.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2021

“Y’all be taking up the bail money I will prob need it,” she wrote, imagining that she might be arrested at the game in an attempt to prevent her granddaughter from being forced to kneel.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2018

She obviously knew he was a Prince, but lineage going back centuries prob not unless anglophile.......

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2017

I can swing 3K/month, no prob, Lydia texted.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner