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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•bus /ˈribəs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -bus•es. - a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•bus (rē′bəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bus•es. - a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
- a piece of writing containing many such representations.
- Latin rēbus by things (ablative plural of rēs), in phrase nōn verbīs sed rēbus not by words but by things
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rebus /ˈriːbəs/ n ( pl -buses)- a puzzle consisting of pictures representing syllables and words; in such a puzzle the word hear might be represented by H followed by a picture of an ear
- a heraldic emblem or device that is a pictorial representation of or pun on the name of the bearer
Etymology: 17th Century: from French rébus, from the Latin rēbus by things, from res |