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food baby

food baby noun: a protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.

Noun (1)

food baby (plural food babies)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic) A protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.
    • I went to the restroom to give birth to a food baby...2006, Sean Makiney, Belegana: Just a Silly Wite Man, Belegana, Ltd, page 153
    • JUNO: (in low tones) Dude, I'm pregnant. LEAH: Maybe it's just a food baby. Did you have a big lunch?2008, Diablo Cody, Jason Reitman, Juno: The Shooting Script, Newmarket Press, page 5

Noun (2)

food baby (plural food babies)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, vulgar) A large or painful bowel movement.
    • —Do you need help in there?
      —I'm having a food baby!

food baby meaning in Bengali

food baby in Bengali

একটি বড়, বেদনাদায়ক মলত্যাগ

Examples of food baby in a sentence

  • "Becs, look, I ate so much I have a food baby," I said, pushing out my stomach for her entertainment.2009, A. J. Walkley, Queer Greer, A. J. Walkley, page 233
  • If this hadn't been a dinner for me and I had been a little bit trashier, I totally would have undone my belt and button on my jeans, because my food baby was kicking.2010, Jordan Pease, Don't Let Me Go: Based on A True Story, Trafford Publishing, page 140:
  • Dishes are largely composed of lighter fare - such as smoked swordfish and salmon salad - much appreciated when you're still carrying a food baby from a previous meal.2010, Virginia Maxwell, Alex Leviton, Leif Pettersen, Tuscany & Umbria, Lonely Planet, page 191:

Forms of food baby

pluralfood babies

Origin of food baby

By a jocular implication that the protruded abdomen is like that of pregnancy.

By a jocular implication that straining at stool is like straining at labor and delivery (childbirth).

Questions about food baby

What does food baby mean?
Food baby means a protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.
What is food baby in Bengali?
Food baby in Bengali is একটি বড়, বেদনাদায়ক মলত্যাগ. See Food baby meaning in Bengali.
How do you use food baby in a sentence?
"Becs, look, I ate so much I have a food baby," I said, pushing out my stomach for her entertainment.
What part of speech is food baby?
Food baby is a noun.
What is the plural of food baby?
The plural of food baby is food babies.

Words near food baby in the dictionary

  1. food and board
  2. food art
  3. food artist
  4. food artists
  5. food babies
  6. food baby
  7. food bank
  8. food banking
  9. food banks
  10. food bowl
  11. food bowls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: food baby (page history and authors); food baby (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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