CBs

Highway communication devices

CBs is the plural of CB, which stands for citizen's band—a system of short-range radio communication available to the public without a license.

CB radio had its heyday in the 1970s among truckers and hobbyists: The truckers warned each other about speed traps over their CBs.

CB can also abbreviate cornerback in American football.

radio

trucker

Commercial freight driver

  • convoyGuarded traveling group
  • breakerWave that collapses shoreward
  • 10-4CB code for acknowledged

handle · over · roger · channel · antenna · transceiver · squelch · modulation · AM · frequency

broadcasting

television

Broadcast viewing device

primetime · affiliate · logo · eye · daytime · soap-opera · sitcom · ratings · telecast · streaming

Opposites
radio communication type

CBsham radios

Licensed hobbyist transceivers

amateur radio · landlines · satellite phones · telephones · cell phones

communication formality/professionalism

CBsmilitary communications

Armed forces information exchange

football defensive position

CBswide receivers

Pass-catching offensive players

receivers · quarterbacks · QBs · tight ends · running backs

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Family

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