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bb

bb is the alternative spelling of BB.

bb is the abbreviation 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

Noun capitalized: BB

BB (countable and uncountable, plural BBs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of baseband.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of BlackBerry.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of basketball.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of baseball.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of bulletin board.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of bass-baritone.
  7. A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of ball bearing.
    • Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.2010, Richard Hoppe, Theodore L. Phillips, Mack Roach, Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology, page 203
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of bottom bracket.
  10. A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls".
  11. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of balance beam.
  12. (US, abbreviation) Abbreviation of battleship.

Proper noun capitalized: BB

BB

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Big Brother.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Big Bang.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of the Bangka Belitung Islands: a province of Indonesia.

Phrase (1) capitalized: BB

BB

  1. (Internet, abbreviation) Abbreviation of bye bye.

Adverb capitalized: BB

BB

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of bareback (“without a condom”).
    Synonyms:
    condomless

Phrase (2) capitalized: BB

BB

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of best before.

Synonyms of bb

Forms of bb

pluralbbs
pluralBBs
alternative formB.B.
alternative formB. B.
alternative formbb

Words formed from bb

Phrases with bb

Questions about bb

What does bb mean?
Bb means a type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun.
What is bb the alternative spelling of?
Bb is the alternative spelling of BB.
What part of speech is bb?
Bb can be a noun, a proper noun, a phrase or an adverb.
What is the plural of bb?
The plural of bb is bbs.

Words near bb in the dictionary

  1. Baʻthists
  2. Baʿal
  3. Baʿalim
  4. Baʿals
  5. Baṭḥari
  6. bb
  7. BB cream
  8. BB creams
  9. BB gun
  10. BB guns
  11. BBA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bb (page history and authors); BB (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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