momma
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈmɑːmə/
- Baby Talk
:
mami
- Dawn, you help your momma pack up whatever she wants from the kitchen.
I'm a momma's boy, as we say over here.
- I'm a momma's boy, as we say over here.
- Every other Sunday when he was still married to my mom, we go to his momma's house for Sunday.
- And then I also had to add in the green Jasmine which is like my momma's all time fave and she was out and she was crying.
- I'm like, it's been a very long time since Big Momma has felt this, OK?
- What was your momma's reaction when you like mom?
- I had just got my momma from Mary J Blige tickets from there.
- And let's see if this gives Mama some volume because momma needs.
- You're like kind of the Big mom because I think it was Mama's Big Breakfast, but you ordered it as the Big Momma breakfast.
Examples
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All this, and your poor Momma is still running a little boarding house.
Fiction book (1990) -
Matter of fact, all I had was one picture of Momma when she was fifteen.
Fiction book (1990) -
There we go, there we go, Momma.
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First Papa and then a few years later, Momma died too.
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- Baby, let Momma give you a hug.
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"And this spring, Momma and I were gonna plant a garden and grow our own vegetables.
Fiction book (1990) -
Or maybe I could move in with Momma again, or with one of our beloved sisters.
Fiction book (1990) -
Thad kept asking Momma if she remembered this and that, but Momma had lost her memory.
Fiction book (1990) -
When Thad came in, Momma said, "Jean called home and Lloyd is sick."
Fiction book (1990) -
I always call my momma when I need advice.
Synonyms
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1.0
A woman who has a child and cares for them
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1.0
A child's word for their mother
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1.0
A child's word for mom
735
7.9
A friendly informal name people use for their mother
223
1.9
A woman who gave you birth or cared for you
98
5.6
A child's word for their mother
32
7.5
A woman who cares for a child and helps them grow
24
9.8
A woman who is a mother or cares for children
19
9.1
An informal name for a mother used in some English-speaking areas
12
9.9
An informal word people use for mother
5
8.2
A polite, affectionate word for mother used in parts of the UK and Ireland
5
8.8
A warm, informal word for a mother in Spanish-speaking families
2
9.5
A child's loving word for mother
2
9.0
A word children use for their mother
2
7.9
A loving name a child uses for their mother
Respectful or loving word for mother used in South Asian families
A loving word for mother used in Wales
Compounds
- Informal
A comforting drink with alcohol or strong coffee that parents drink to relax
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word momma is a childlike form of mom and mama, made from the simple sound 'ma' that babies often say and that many languages also use, like Spanish 'mamá' or Chinese 'mā'. That's why momma feels warm and is used to mean 'mother'.