def1

[def] /dɛf/
adverb, Informal.
1.
definitely:
Going to Europe this summer? But def!
Origin
by shortening

def2

[def] /dɛf/
adjective
1.
Slang. excellent:
That hip-hop record is def!
Origin
1980-85, Americanism; of uncertain origin

def.

1.
defective.
2.
defendant.
3.
defense.
4.
deferred.
5.
defined.
6.
definite.
7.
definition.
Examples from the web for def
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British Dictionary definitions for def

def

/dɛf/
adjective
1.
(slang) very good, esp of hip-hop
Word Origin
C20: perhaps from definitive

def.

abbreviation
1.
definition
Word Origin and History for def
adj.

"excellent," first recorded 1979 in Black English, perhaps a shortened form of definite, or from a Jamaican variant of death.

def in Medicine

def abbr.
decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for deciduous teeth)

DEF abbr.
decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for permanent teeth)

Slang definitions & phrases for def

def

adjective

Excellent; wonderful; cool, rad: She is really def/ He's got a def girlfriend

[1983+ Black; origin uncertain; perhaps fr black English (Jamaican) pronunciation of death, where the semantics would resemble those of killer, murder, etc; certainly interpreted by many as a shortening of definite]


Related Abbreviations for def

def

  1. definite
  2. definitely

def.

  1. defective
  2. defendant
  3. defense
  4. deferred
  5. definite
  6. definition