bubbe
/ˈbʊbə/ /ˈbʌbə/ /ˈbʊbi/noun
A grandmother; an elderly woman.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), writer and advocate of Jewish causes. From Yiddish bobe grandmother from a Slavonic language. In some forms influenced by English -y.
- walk off with
- walk of life
- walk of shame
- walk-on
- walk on air
- walk on eggshells
- walk (or stand) tall
- walk (or tread) on air
- walk out
- walkout
- walk over
- walkover
- walkround
- walk someone off their feet
- walk something back
- walk something off
- walk test
- walk the boards
- walk the plank
- walk the streets
- walk the walk (also walk the talk)
- walk the wards
- walk-through
- orthopnoea
- orthopnoeic