abb

1. 1.

   an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s

   SynonymsAlex Boncayao BrigadeRevolutionary Proletarian ArmyRPA-ABB

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Philippines · terrorism

Other forms of abb

plural

abbs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abb

What does abb mean?

abb means "an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s".

How many syllables are in abb?

abb has 1 syllable: abb.

What is another word for abb?

Close synonyms include Alex Boncayao Brigade, Revolutionary Proletarian Army, RPA-ABB. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abb a common word?

abb is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.