abs

noun
UK /æbz/
US /æbz/

The muscles on the front of your belly.

He does sit-ups every morning to make his abs strong.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Short for abdominal muscles in fitness contexts.

Her abs workout lasts twenty minutes.

3. A shortened form of 'absolute' in math, meaning a value without its sign.

The abs of negative five is five.

4. Short for 'abstracts' in academic writing.

The journal published the abs of all the new papers.