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def

1

[ def ]

adverb

, Informal.
  1. definitely:

    Going to Europe this summer? But def!



def

2

[ def ]

adjective

  1. Slang. excellent:

    That hip-hop record is def!

def.

3

abbreviation for

  1. defective.
  2. defendant.
  3. defense.
  4. deferred.
  5. defined.
  6. definite.
  7. definition.

def.

1

abbreviation for

  1. definition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


def

2

/ dɛf /

adjective

  1. slang.
    very good, esp of hip-hop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of def1

By shortening

Origin of def2

An Americanism dating back to 1980–85; of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of def1

C20: perhaps from definitive
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Example Sentences

Rico Finally Paid: its easy fast money money and im welling to spoil you to def .

Downstairs, a band called Def Generation, composed mostly of Neville progeny, is killing the hour before the brothers come on.

What do Charlie Sheen, Marion Cotillard, and Mos Def have in common?

From The New Yorker to Mos Def, see the best quotes about the beast on Atlantic Avenue.

He soon garnered a reputation as a stellar stand-up comic, making regular appearances on Def Comedy Jam.

Drowned to def in de hogshead, wid a brick tied erround him.

One author of eminence pronounces defile in three syllables, def-i-le.

From kina, hina, originated the Icelandic and Swedish pastpositive def.

Plane surfaces or planes exist having the property laid down in Def.

It's jes' waitin' fur de bressin', an' 'pears like 'twould faint ter def ef ye didn't come.

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