Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal)A debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).

    a young woman making her debut into society

  2. (informal)A debutante ball or debut.

  3. (dated, slang)A female member of a gang.

Origin

Clipping of debutante or debut.

Clipping of debutante or debut.

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Forms

plural: debs
Singulardeb
Pluraldebs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a young woman making her debut into society:debutante

Word family

2 related words
Relateddebs
Deriveddebby

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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