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babbitt
Bab·bitt B0002100 (băb′ĭt)n. A narrow-minded, self-satisfied person with an unthinking attachment to middle-class values and materialism.
[After George F. Babbitt, , the main character in the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.]
Bab′bitt·ry n.Babbitt (ˈbæbɪt) nderogatory US a narrow-minded and complacent member of the middle class[C20: after George Babbitt, central character in the novel Babbitt (1922) by Sinclair Lewis] ˈBabbittry, ˈbabbitry n
babbitt (ˈbæbɪt) vb (Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to line (a bearing) or face (a surface) with Babbitt metal or a similar soft alloybab•bitt (ˈbæb ɪt)
n. 1. a bearing or lining of Babbitt metal. v.t. 2. to line, face, or furnish with Babbitt metal. [1900–05] Bab•bitt (ˈbæb ɪt)
n. 1. Irving, 1865–1933, U.S. educator and critic. 2. Milton Byron, born 1916, U.S. composer. 3. (often l.c.) a self-satisfied person who conforms to conventional middle-class ideals, esp. of material success: from the title character of a novel (1922) by Sinclair Lewis. babbitt
Past participle: babbitted
Gerund: babbitting
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Babbitt A soft metal used as a bearing lining. It was usually a mixture of tin (fifty parts), antimony (five parts), and copper (one part).Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  babbitt - an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces frictionBabbitt metalalloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper" | | Verb | 1. | babbitt - line with a Babbitt metalline - cover the interior of; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney" |
Babbitt
Babbittself-satisfied conformer to middle-class ideas and ideals. [Am. Lit: Babbitt]See: Middle Class
Babbittanti-intellectual, bourgeois conformist. [Am. Lit.: Babbitt]See: PhilistinismBabbitt
Bab·bitt (bab'it), Isaac, U.S. inventor, 1799-1862. See: Babbitt metal. babbitt
Synonyms for babbittnoun an alloy of tin with some copper and antimonySynonymsRelated Wordsverb line with a Babbitt metalRelated Words |