collab

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/kəˈlæb//koʊˈlæb/Australia/kəˈɫæb/Australia/kɐʉˈɫæb/

noun

A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nouncollab (plural collabs)

plural collabs

  1. informalA collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.

    UMISEA is a subunit in Hololive featuring idols with nautical themes. The group debuted in 2021 as the first JP+EN collab subunit. Chloe was added to the roster after holox debuted.

    2023 August 14, Brandon Lyttle, “Hololive group UMISEA releases new single Ocean Wave Party☆Live”, in Niche Gamer, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2023
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    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."

    2012 February 22, Caroline Sullivan, “Musicians, stop collaborating please!”, in The Guardian
verbcollab (third-person singular simple present collabs, present participle collabing or collabbing, simple past and past participle collabed or collabbed)

present singular third person collabs · participle present collabing · participle present collabbing · participle past collabed · past collabed · participle past collabbed · past collabbed

  1. informalintransitiveTo collaborate.

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APA

collab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collab

MLA

“collab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collab. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collab,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collab.

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