"BBM" meaning in English

See BBM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} 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 Categories (topical): Philippine politics, Individuals Synonyms: PBBM
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-name-PTVuFU7N Disambiguation of Individuals: 51 13 36 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 10 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 8 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 5 46 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

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. (transitive, intransitive) To send (a message) via the BlackBerry Messenger service. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-verb-Y7zboOEN
  2. (transitive) To send a message to (a person) via the BlackBerry Messenger service. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-BBM-en-verb-rLx~~DCm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 10 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 8 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 5 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009 September 11, Clay A Dumas, “So You Think You Can Shout”, in The Havard Crimson:",
          "text": "His comment galvanized fiscally conservative Democrats to support the president’s bill and heightened the sense of despondency among those Republican congressmen and senators who BBMed and Tweeted on their BlackBerries throughout the speech.",
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          "text": "2010 February 15, Emma Roberts, quoted by Michael Ordoña, \"Sweet Times for Emma Roberts\", Los Angeles Times\nOur generation is definitely all about the texting and the e-mailing and the BBM-ing and the IM-ing; it's endless."
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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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          "ref": "2012, Jessica Burkhart, Initiation, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2012, Jessica Burkhart, Popular →ISBN",
          "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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        "To send (a message) via the BlackBerry Messenger service."
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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": "I slid my phone onto my lap and BBMed Lexa and Khloe my number.",
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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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        "To send (a message) via the BlackBerry Messenger service."
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