"AC/DC" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-ACDC.ogg [Australia] Forms: DC [canonical], more DC [comparative], most DC [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} DC (comparative more DC, superlative most DC)
  1. (not comparable) Able to operate with either alternating current or direct current. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-AC/DC-en-adj-VtGPRcn5 Disambiguation of LGBT: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 97 3
  2. (comparable, slang) Bisexual. Tags: comparable, slang Synonyms: bisexual Translations (bisexual): bisse (Finnish), à voile et à vapeur (english: on windsail and on steam power) (French), 両刀使い (ryōtōzukai) (Japanese), gilete [masculine] (Portuguese), hacer a pelo y pluma (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-AC/DC-en-adj-TPb03B9P Disambiguation of 'bisexual': 0 100

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