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babe /beɪb /noun1 literary A baby: you have a babe, who will surely be treated as a king when he grows...- Nappies haven't figured large in my life since I was a babe in arms.
- She was taken from her true parents when she was a babe in arms, spirited away in the dark of night, wrapped in a blanket of embroidered cashmere.
- It merits our full respect, the very same respect with which we hold both socially and legally the newborn babe, the child, the adolescent, the adult, and the octogenarian.
2 (also babes) informal An affectionate form of address, typically for someone with whom one has a sexual or romantic relationship: it was the best day of my life—except for meeting you, babe hey babes, I know it is unscrupulous and underhand, but don’t blame me!...- She absolutely loved it when Bryan called her babe.
- ‘Hey babe, just the girl I was thinking about,’ he told her as he pulled her to him in an intimate kiss.
- I believe that fate has brought us here and we should be together, babe.
3 informal A sexually attractive young woman: he’s been pumping up his pecs to impress the babes...- You know people have midlife crises when they turn 50 and they go out and buy a red Corvette and drive around college campuses to see if they can still attract babes.
- Whether you are going to the beach or the pool, here are some bare essentials for attracting the babes.
- For men, it holds out the fantasy that babes are attracted to geeky men who really, really care about what they think.
Phrasesbabe in arms babe in the woods OriginLate Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech. Compare with baby. RhymesAbe |