pb
verb · noun · adjective
Simple meaning
To set a new personal best.
Pronunciation
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
usually intransitiveinformal
To set a new personal best.
noun
sportsspeedrunning
A person's best ever performance at some task to date.
A set of apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart, upon which acts of swinging and holding and jumping and dips are performed.
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.
A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.
A spread made from ground peanuts.
adjective
Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants; vegan.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
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This meaning: To set a new personal best.
Used this way, pb is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in everyday conversation and social media or informal writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Casual
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Playful
- Usage feel
- Casual and conversational
Where it naturally appears
- Everyday conversation
- Social media/informal writing
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