"collab" meaning in English

See collab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kəˈlæb/, /koʊˈlæb/, /kəˈɫæb/ [General-Australian], /kɐʉˈɫæb/ [General-Australian] Forms: collabs [plural]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: Clipping of collaboration. Clipping of collaborate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|collaboration}} Clipping of collaboration, {{clipping|en|collaborate}} Clipping of collaborate Head templates: {{en-noun}} collab (plural collabs)
  1. (informal) A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-collab-en-noun-hMMbFyi9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb

IPA: /kəˈlæb/, /koʊˈlæb/, /kəˈɫæb/ [General-Australian], /kɐʉˈɫæb/ [General-Australian] Forms: collabs [present, singular, third-person], collabing [participle, present], collabbing [participle, present], collabed [participle, past], collabed [past], collabbed [participle, past], collabbed [past]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: Clipping of collaboration. Clipping of collaborate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|collaboration}} Clipping of collaboration, {{clipping|en|collaborate}} Clipping of collaborate Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=collabbed|pres_ptc2=collabbing}} collab (third-person singular simple present collabs, present participle collabing or collabbing, simple past and past participle collabed or collabbed)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To collaborate. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-collab-en-verb-d-tOBL1B

Inflected forms

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          "text": "In one small way, Madonna's current single, Give Me All Your Luvin', marks the end of an era. It's the last time for the foreseeable future that Nicki Minaj, who guest-raps on it, intends to collaborate with another artist. \"I'm done with the collabs,\" she said last year. \"No more collabs for the next two years.\"",
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