prob
8
8.8
A short informal word that means the chance of something and sometimes means a problem in casual speech or text
- noun
- /prɑb/
- Informal
:
prob
- Got yourself a prob, Bob?
Examples
-
What's the prob?
-
No prob.
-
- We're on prob, man!
-
"No prob," Martin said, "just exchange the tickets."
Fiction book (1996) -
- Oh, no prob, amigo.
-
Not a prob.
-
-Yeah, it's no prob.
-
"Hey, no prob, Pops.
Fiction book (1996) -
Yeah, no prob, Shane!
-
Got yourself a prob, Bob?
Synonyms
probability
vsprob
473
3.6
The chance that something will happen, often shown as a number or percent
is an informal shortened form used mainly in casual speech and writing
How Likely
certainty
202
3.4
- Literature
202
3.4
prob
8
8.8
- Informal
8
8.8
possibility
∞
2.0
∞
2.0
improbability
4
7.0
4
7.0
impossibility
37
5.3
37
5.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prob is also a short form of probability, which means 'chance', and sometimes a short form of problem, which means 'issue'. So 'a high prob' means a big 'chance', while 'I have some probs' means 'I have some issues'.