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# bb

«bb» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small round metal pellet fired from an air gun called a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (BB, bb)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (USA) A BB is a small round metal pellet fired from an air gun called a BB gun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#m1)

2) (texting, slang) «bb» is short for «baby», a pet name, or for «bye bye». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#m2)

3) (school, pencils) On pencils, BB means very soft and dark (more B means softer). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#m3)

4) (other uses) BB can stand for many things, like «bed and breakfast» in some ads, or Big Brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Not a real word but letters. Safety: BB guns can injure eyes and are not toys; children should never point one at anyone. In texts and gaming chat, «bb» means bye bye or babe. Art lessons mention 2B, BB and HB pencils.

### examples

- My uncle keeps his BB gun locked in a cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#x1)
- A BB can hurt someone's eye, so never aim at people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#x2)
- "gtg bb" means "got to go, bye bye". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#x3)
- The art teacher gave us soft BB pencils for shading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#x4)
- He texted "miss you bb" to his girlfriend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/#x5)

### note

Always say the letters separately: bee-bee. Usually written in capitals except in texting. Do not use «bb» in school writing; write «bye» or «baby» in full.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.