BBn.

Brit.

/ˈbiːbiː/, U.S.

/ˈbibi/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English BB.

Etymology: < BB, the designation of a size of shot intermediate between B and BBB.

Firearms (chiefly North American).

(A piece of) shot of a type having a diameter of approximately 0.46 cm (0.18 inches). Also (now the usual sense): an air gun pellet having a diameter of approximately 0.45 or 0.56 cm (0.177 or 0.22 inches), used esp. by young people.

ΚΠ

1845 H. W. Herbert Warwick Woodlands 165 Van Dyne..was just in the act of pouring a double handful of BB into his Queen Ann's musket.

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. iv. 257 Mine was a double-barrel, with one charge of BB, and one of dust-shot.

1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 240 B or BB may with propriety be used in large or very close shooting guns.

1990 Sci. Amer. Nov. 14/3 Yurke built an apparatus consisting of a cell of liquid crystal smaller than a BB, a lever for applying pressure, a microscope and a video camera.

1992 A. McConnell Quantum Leap i. 18 He..touched the pockmarks in the yellow paint where the BBs had hit the target.

1994 B. N. Robinson Deed in D. McKay Fiddlehead 62 Hard rain rattled off the roof of the cab; it sounded like the clouds were dropping bbs instead of water.

Compounds

General attributive.

BB gun n.

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1932 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 2 Apr. 28 They put bird baths and bird boxes in their yards to attract the birds and then equip their small sons with B.B. guns.

1993 Jackson Hole (Wyoming) Daily Guide 25 Mar. 3/1 The employee reported it and officers responded and discovered three BB handguns on the juveniles.

2002 National Geographic May 39/1 A gene gun, which was invented by a scientist who started out using a BB gun prototype to shoot genes into living cells.

BB shot n.

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1845 H. W. Herbert Warwick Woodlands 118 With Ely's green cartridge I have put forty BB shot into a square of two and a half feet at one hundred and twenty-five yards.

1891 Scribner's Mag. 10 460 A Canada goose..had been struck with one ‘BB’ shot, which had penetrated the left ventricle.

1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 9–15 Dec. 11/1 (advt.) Supplied in presentation pack with supply of BB shot.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bb
释义	BBn. Brit. /ˈbiːbiː/, U.S. /ˈbibi/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English BB. Etymology: < BB, the designation of a size of shot intermediate between B and BBB. Firearms (chiefly North American). (A piece of) shot of a type having a diameter of approximately 0.46 cm (0.18 inches). Also (now the usual sense): an air gun pellet having a diameter of approximately 0.45 or 0.56 cm (0.177 or 0.22 inches), used esp. by young people. ΚΠ 1845 H. W. Herbert Warwick Woodlands 165 Van Dyne..was just in the act of pouring a double handful of BB into his Queen Ann's musket. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. iv. 257 Mine was a double-barrel, with one charge of BB, and one of dust-shot. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 240 B or BB may with propriety be used in large or very close shooting guns. 1990 Sci. Amer. Nov. 14/3 Yurke built an apparatus consisting of a cell of liquid crystal smaller than a BB, a lever for applying pressure, a microscope and a video camera. 1992 A. McConnell Quantum Leap i. 18 He..touched the pockmarks in the yellow paint where the BBs had hit the target. 1994 B. N. Robinson Deed in D. McKay Fiddlehead 62 Hard rain rattled off the roof of the cab; it sounded like the clouds were dropping bbs instead of water. Compounds General attributive. BB gun n. ΚΠ 1932 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 2 Apr. 28 They put bird baths and bird boxes in their yards to attract the birds and then equip their small sons with B.B. guns. 1993 Jackson Hole (Wyoming) Daily Guide 25 Mar. 3/1 The employee reported it and officers responded and discovered three BB handguns on the juveniles. 2002 National Geographic May 39/1 A gene gun, which was invented by a scientist who started out using a BB gun prototype to shoot genes into living cells. BB shot n. ΚΠ 1845 H. W. Herbert Warwick Woodlands 118 With Ely's green cartridge I have put forty BB shot into a square of two and a half feet at one hundred and twenty-five yards. 1891 Scribner's Mag. 10 460 A Canada goose..had been struck with one ‘BB’ shot, which had penetrated the left ventricle. 1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 9–15 Dec. 11/1 (advt.) Supplied in presentation pack with supply of BB shot. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas BB BB n. double-black (of pencil lead). ΘΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pencil > filling for pencil > type of pencil-lead B1852 BB1852 BBB1852 HB1852 1852BB [see B n.]. extracted from Bn. < n.1845 as lemmas
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BBn.

Compounds

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