baby
- noun
- /ˈbeɪbi/
- Informal
- She poured her heart and soul into this project; it's her baby.
This is like my second baby and they're twins.
- This is like my second baby and they're twins.
Examples
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And you, Captain Bogomil, this alphabet investigation was your baby.
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Working on today's project, baby.
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This is like this is my baby number one in my life.
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Now we have to add the baby, start the application process over again.
Fiction book (1996) -
Let's get this baby fired up.
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Winterfest is your baby.
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After years of hard work, the launch of the app was finally here, and it felt like her baby had come to life.
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He often says that his new book is his baby, representing all his creative efforts.
Antonyms
Idioms
To get rid of something valuable while removing something bad
- Informal
Being the only person who must deal with a problem after others avoid it
- Informal
To have the only responsibility for a hard problem when others avoid it
Compounds
- Offensive
An insulting name for a person who kills or is accused of killing babies
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
People in the United States born between 1946 and 1964 when birth rates rose after World War II
- Informal
A baby that doctors make from an egg and sperm outside the mother's body and put in her womb
- South African
A small animal from Africa that is active at night with big eyes and a long tail
- Slang
A person who grows up with parents active in communist or socialist politics
- Offensive
An insulting word for someone with a very small penis or who acts like a child
- Jargon
A habit of preferring the first way you learn and resisting later changes
- Specialized
A small rose bush that grows strongly and makes many small flowers used for hedges and grafting
A small creeping plant with many tiny round leaves used as a houseplant or ground cover
- Offensive
An insulting word for a person who complains a lot and acts like a child
How Personal
Surface Forms
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.