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babby

Syllables: bab·byUK/ˈbæ.bi/

babby is the alternative form of baby.

Meaning of baby

Noun

baby (plural babies)

  1. A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
    • The baby new to earth and sky,
      ⁠What time his tender palm is prest
      ⁠Against the circle of the breast,
      Has never thought that ‘this is I:’ […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLIV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 67
    1. A very young human, even if not yet born.
      • When is your baby due?
  2. Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See :Category:Baby animals for more.
    Synonyms:
    youngling
  3. A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.
    • Stand up for yourself – don't be such a baby!
    Synonyms:
    big baby
  4. A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
    • I only qualified as an architect this summer, so I'm still a baby.
  5. The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
    • Adam is the baby of the family.

See all 20 meanings of baby

Proper noun capitalized: Babby

Babby

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

Forms of babby

pluralbabbies
alternative formbabbie

Origin of babby

Dialectal form of baby. First attested in the 20th century. Popularized in online usage by the "How is babby formed?" meme from the mid-2000s.

From the clipping of Barbara + -y.

Words that rhyme with babby

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about babby

What does babby mean?
Babby means a diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
What is babby the alternative form of?
Babby is the alternative form of baby.
What part of speech is babby?
Babby is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce babby?
Babby is pronounced /ˈbæ.bi/ (UK).

Words near babby in the dictionary

  1. babbling starling
  2. babblingly
  3. babblings
  4. babbly
  5. Babbs
  6. babby
  7. babby's yed
  8. babchi
  9. babcia
  10. babcias
  11. Babcock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: babby (page history and authors); Babby (page history and authors); baby (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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