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babbit

babbit is the nonstandard spelling of babbitt.

Meaning of babbitt

Verb

babbitt (third-person singular simple present babbitts, present participle babbitting, simple past and past participle babbitted)

  1. (transitive) To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.
    • The main bearings were babbitted and line-bored.

See all 4 meanings of babbitt

Forms of babbit

Noun
pluralbabbits
Verb
third-person singular presentbabbits
present participlebabbiting
past participlebabbited
pastbabbited

Questions about babbit

What is babbit the nonstandard spelling of?
Babbit is the nonstandard spelling of babbitt.

Words near babbit in the dictionary

  1. babber-lipped
  2. babbers
  3. babbie
  4. babbies
  5. babbing
  6. babbit
  7. babbited
  8. babbiting
  9. babbitry
  10. babbits
  11. babbitt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: babbit (page history and authors); babbitt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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