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baby

baby

93 7.1
A project that someone cares for and feels proud of
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪbi/
  • Informal
: proyecto personal
  • She poured her heart and soul into this project; it's her baby.

This is like my second baby and they're twins.

Examples

  • And you, Captain Bogomil, this alphabet investigation was your baby.

  • Working on today's project, baby.

  • This is like this is my baby number one in my life.

  • Now we have to add the baby, start the application process over again.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Let's get this baby fired up.

  • Winterfest is your baby.

  • After years of hard work, the launch of the app was finally here, and it felt like her baby had come to life.

  • He often says that his new book is his baby, representing all his creative efforts.

Antonyms

94 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

18 3.6

Leaving someone or something and not coming back

Idioms

To get rid of something valuable while removing something bad

1 8.1

To give each side part of what they want so both feel happy

baby Jesus
  • Informal
1 9.5

A joking way to show mock sadness or disapproval

1 9.9

To leave quickly in a playful way

1 9.1

Being the only person who must deal with a problem after others avoid it

1 9.9

Cause great sadness or disappointment, often as a joke

to hold the baby
  • Informal
1 8.8

To have the only responsibility for a hard problem when others avoid it

9.9

A playful reason to buy something new

Compounds

84 1.0

A very young male child

75 3.5

A person born between 1946 and 1964 who grew up after World War II

67 1.2

A person parents pay to look after children when they are away

big baby
  • Offensive
41 5.0

A person who acts like a child by being very sensitive or complaining

baby mama
  • Slang
19 8.2

A mother of a man's child who is often not married or living with him

16 3.5

A face that makes someone look younger and more innocent than they are

15 1.2

A tooth that children have before their adult teeth grow

baby-killer
  • Offensive
14 9.9

An insulting name for a person who kills or is accused of killing babies

14 3.3

A sudden large increase in births

14 1.0

A very young bird without enough feathers to fly or leave the nest

12 5.8

A soft, simple way adults speak to infants to show affection

10 1.0

A soft, fine powder put on a baby's skin to keep it dry and comfortable

10 1.4

A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting

7 1.0

A gentle oil that keeps a baby's skin soft

People in the United States born between 1946 and 1964 when birth rates rose after World War II

A baby who is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy

4 1.0

A small soft shoe for a baby that lets the feet move

test-tube baby
  • Informal
4 4.2

A baby that doctors make from an egg and sperm outside the mother's body and put in her womb

4 4.8

A small grand piano that fits in small rooms

3 1.0

A small vehicle with four wheels that an adult pushes to carry a baby

2 6.7

An infant born with blue skin because there is not enough oxygen in the blood

baby doctor
  • Informal
2 3.4

A doctor who cares for babies and young children

2 6.0

A child born during a war, often because a parent was a soldier

2 8.1

A person who has many children in a short time, often said as a joke

A small piano with a curved lid like a large piano that fits in a home

1 1.0

A small bed with high sides that keeps a baby safe from falling out

angel baby
  • Informal
1 4.2

A very cute baby who looks innocent

baby fever
  • Informal
1 6.8

A strong sudden wish to have a baby

tar baby
  • Slur
1 9.9

A problem that becomes worse the more you try to fix it

1 2.9

A baby who cries a lot and is hard to calm

low-birth-weight baby
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A baby born weighing less than 5.5 pounds or 2,500 grams

baby dick
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An insulting word for someone with a very small penis or who acts like a child

bush baby
  • South African
1 8.4

A small animal from Africa that is active at night with big eyes and a long tail

food baby
  • Slang
1 7.4

A swollen stomach after eating a very large meal

preterm baby
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy

1 9.9

A person who grows up with parents active in communist or socialist politics

1 3.2

A frame on wheels that helps a baby learn to walk

1 3.9

Speech by a very young child using simple sounds and words

baby rabies
  • Slang
1 9.4

A strong, sudden wish to hold and care for babies

baby papa
  • Slang
1 8.4

A man who is the father of a woman's child, often when they are not together

baby buster
  • Archaic
1 7.3

A person born after the baby boom when birth rates fell

1 8.2

A baby who died and is remembered with love

1 5.9

A small creeping plant with many tiny round leaves used as a houseplant or ground cover

1 8.7

A small plant with soft blue flowers with dark spots that grows in California

A small spiny tree from South America with deep red flowers

9.9

A habit of preferring the first way you learn and resisting later changes

baby farmer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person in the past who took in babies for money and often neglected them

3.3

A person who looks after babies in their home while their parents work

baby rose
  • Specialized
4.0

A small rose bush that grows strongly and makes many small flowers used for hedges and grafting

nepotism baby
  • Offensive
9.2

A person who gets job opportunities because a family member helped them

9.9

An insulting word for a person who complains a lot and acts like a child

How Personal

lifework
1 5.7
baby
  • Informal
93 7.1
pet
65 5.6
project
∞ 2.5
task
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

baby singular
babies plural

Etymology

Baby A common idea is that baby comes from early 'baby talk' like baba or ba, sounds that show small, new life. That's why a project you love and protect is called your baby — you care for it like a child.