"Feeb" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-Feeb.ogg
Head templates: {{en-prop}} Feeb
  1. (slang) The FBI. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Feeb-en-name-VvYijEkK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14

Noun

Audio: En-au-Feeb.ogg Forms: Feebs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Feeb (countable and uncountable, plural Feebs)
  1. (slang) A member of the FBI. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Synonyms: Feebie, Fibber
    Sense id: en-Feeb-en-noun-eO~OWz-6

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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