baby



baby

1. n. a lover; one’s sweetheart. (Also a term of address.) Come over here and kiss me, baby.
2. n. a term of address for a friend or pal of either sex. Come on, baby, push this thing—hard!
3. n. a thing; a gadget; a machine, such as a car. (Similar to sucker.) Hand me that baby with the sharp point, will you?
4. n. a project thought of as an offspring. (Always with a possessor.) Whose baby is the Johnson account?
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sung-Hyunsung-hyunKorean
SigmundZEEK-muwnt (German), SIG-mənd (English)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Jozafatyaw-ZAH-fahtPolish
Maurycymow-RI-tsiPolish
Iedida-Biblical Greek
Borko-Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian