"BBM" meaning in All languages combined

See BBM on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BBM
  1. Initialism of BlackBerry Messenger. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: BlackBerry Messenger
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-name-2xIqgT8w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} BBM
  1. (Philippine politics) Initialism of Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines. Tags: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines Synonyms: PBBM
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-name-OdGl6HrB Categories (other): Philippine politics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Individuals Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 36 17 18 8 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 13 48 10 24 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 37 11 16 6 13 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 45 8 20 5 9 3 Disambiguation of Individuals: 4 65 3 25 3 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: BBMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BBM (plural BBMs)
  1. A message sent via Blackberry Messenger.
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-noun-hXdFWQfB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: BBMs [plural]
Etymology: Modification of BBW (“big beautiful woman”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} BBM (plural BBMs)
  1. (sexuality) Initialism of big beautiful man. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: big beautiful man Synonyms: BHM Derived forms: BBBM, SSBBM Coordinate_terms: BBW
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-noun-clpAwX77 Categories (other): Sexuality, Male people, Obesity Disambiguation of Male people: 10 25 8 50 6 Disambiguation of Obesity: 0 0 0 100 0 Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

Forms: BBMs [present, singular, third-person], BBMing [participle, present], BBMed [participle, past], BBMed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} BBM (third-person singular simple present BBMs, present participle BBMing, simple past and past participle BBMed)
  1. (ditransitive) To send (a message) to (someone) via the BlackBerry Messenger service. Tags: ditransitive
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-verb-FZjK-eNx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [Indonesian]

IPA: /be.beˈ(ʔ)em/
Head templates: {{head|id|proper noun}} BBM
  1. initialism of BlackBerry Messenger. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: BlackBerry Messenger
    Sense id: en-BBM-id-name-PsBCLE-v Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Indonesian entries with incorrect language header: 95 5

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: /be.beˈ(ʔ)em/
Head templates: {{head|id|noun}} BBM
  1. initialism of bahan bakar minyak (“fuel oil”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bahan bakar minyak (extra: fuel oil)
    Sense id: en-BBM-id-noun-BH3PCQSe

Proper name [Tagalog]

IPA: /ˌbi ˌbi ˈʔem/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˌbɪ ˌbɪ ˈʔɛm] [Standard-Tagalog]
Rhymes: -em Head templates: {{tl-proper noun}} BBM, {{tlb|tl|Philippine politics}} (Philippine politics)
  1. initialism of Bongbong Marcos Tags: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Bongbong Marcos

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012 April 11, Alex Massie, “Is Sir Simon Jenkins the Worst Columnist in Britain?”, in The Spectator:",
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          "text": "“This outfit is so amaze. You look cute in breeches, too, but I want Drew to see you in this outfit. Like, now!” I laughed. “I kind of do too. And what about you? How much Zack spotting since last time we BBMed?”"
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