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Babe

Definition: Babe

Babe

Noun

1. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "babe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Babe \Babe\, noun. [Compare to Ir. bab, baban, Welsh baban, maban.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Babe

DomainDefinition

Satire

BABE or :BABY:, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion. There have been famous babes; for example, little Moses, from whose adventure in the bulrushes the Egyptian hierophants of seven centuries before doubtless derived their idle tale of the child Osiris being preserved on a floating lotus leaf. Ere babes were invented The girls were contended. Now man is tormented Until to buy babes he has squandered His money. And so I have pondered This thing, and thought may be 'T were better that Baby The First had been eagled or condored. Ro Amil. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Bible

Babe used of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20). It is used also of those who are weak in Christian faith and knowledge (1 Cor. 3:1; Heb. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:2). In Isa. 3:4 the word "babes" refers to a succession of weak and wicked princes who reigned over Judah from the death of Josiah downward to the destruction of Jerusalem. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Multilingual Slang

Dutch (schatje, wijf). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Babe (movie)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Babe (also known as Babe, the Gallant Pig) is a 1995 fantasy film which tells the story of a talking pig who wants to be a herding dog. It stars James Cromwell and the voices of Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Hugo Weaving, Miriam Flynn, Russi Taylor and Roscoe Lee Browne.

The movie was adapted by George Miller and Chris Noonan from the novel The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith. It was directed by Noonan.

It won the Academy Award for Visual Effects, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (James Cromwell), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Babe was followed by a 1998 sequel, Babe: Pig in the City.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Babe (movie)."

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Synonyms: Babe

Synonyms: baby (n), infant (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Babe

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Infant

Noun: infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling; papoose, bambino; kid; vagitus.

Innocence

Harmless; inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous; dove-like, lamb-like; pure, harmless as doves; innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn; "more sinned against than sinning".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Babe

English words defined with "babe": AaronBabish, BunyanChittyHank Aaron, Henry Louis AaronPaul BunyanSwaddling clout. (references)
Specialty definitions using "babe": Beth GelertClorinda, CUPID, CuretesFRYINGHELL-BORN BABELord. (references)
Etymologies containing "babe": Babish. (references)

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Modern Usage: Babe

DomainUsage

Screenplays

She's not honey babe, She's a doctor (Twelve Monkeys; writing credit: David Webb Peoples)

That is a babe! She makes me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym-class (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Gone, babe (Hercules; writing credit: Ron Clements; Barry Johnson)

Hey, babe, I negotiate million-dollar deals for breakfast (Die Hard; writing credit: Steven E. de Souza, Jeb Stuart)

Come on, this is a history report, not a babe report (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon)

Lyrics

Cause You know it's you Babe (Babe; performing artist: Styx; writing credit: Dennis DeYoung)

When love makes this sound babe (Second Chance; performing artist: 38 Special)

Now babe, I'm not beggin' for mercy (Love in the First Degree; performing artist: Alabama; writing credit: Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois)

YOU CAN WRITE IT IN A LETTER, BABE (Never Ever; performing artist: All Saints)

Missing u is hell and i surrender myself to u babe (Mishale; performing artist: Andru Donalds)

Movie/TV Titles

Cover Me Babe (1970)

Queen of Sports Sport Thrills: Babe Didrikson (1948)

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Babe Comes Home (1927)

Play Ball with Babe Ruth (1920)

Song Titles

Oh Babe What Would You Say (performing artist: Hurricane Smith)

I Got You Babe (performing artist: Sonny and Cher)

Babe (performing artist: Styx)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Babe

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Babe

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But with her babe upon her knee / FES. Credit: Library of Congress.

Babe in the woods. Credit: Library of Congress.

Babe Ruth / Covarrubias. Credit: Library of Congress.

Gypsy mother and babe by the wayside near Orsova, Hungary [i.e., Rumania]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Composite of four full-length portraits of Mildred "Babe" Didrickson Zaharias: playing golf in Des Moines in 1946, boxing in New York in 1934, running at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. in 1932, and playing tennis in Beverly Hills, Calif. in 1944. Credit: Library of Congress.

The babe. Credit: Library of Congress.

Babe White driving first spike in U.S. Railroad. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bates County relocation project, Missouri. Daughter-in-law and new babe of the Green family. The Greens were hill farmers in the Ozarks when the Army bought up their land for Camp Crowder construction. With the aid of the FSA (Farm Security Administration. Credit: Library of Congress.

The "Babe" in a reflectice [sic] mode, snaped [sic] in the Wash [Washington, D.C.] dugout before the game--President Ban Johnson seems to enjoy the situation. Credit: Library of Congress.

Babe Ruth carrying a 300 pound log for the stove, in snow. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Babe
 

"Beach babe" by Igor Beres
Commentary: "Photo of good-looking girl on the beach , somewhere at Caribbean ."
"Sad Babe" by Ariel C.
Commentary: "My baby was sad =(."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Babe

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

Babe Ruth had 714 home runs, but struck out 1330 times.

Henry Ward Beecher

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Infancy conforms to nobody: all conform to it, so that one babe commonly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play to it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Babe

SubjectTopicQuote

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also, as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence. Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord, Wedded a wandering English lord -- Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw," A parent who throve by the practice of Draw. Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age. Among them, cupidity caused him to urge Repeated demands on the pocket of Splurge, Till, wrecked in his fortune, that gentleman saw Inadequate aid in the practice of Draw, And took, as a means of augmenting his pelf, To the business of being a lord himself. His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career. He painted his neck an incarnadine hue Each morning and varnished it all that he knew. The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. His head was enroofed with a billycock hat, And his low-necked shoes were aduncous and flat. In speech he eschewed his American ways, Denying his nose to the use of his A's And dulling their edge till the delicate sense Of a babe at their temper could take no offence. His H's -- 'twas most inexpressibly sweet, The patter they made as they fell at his feet! Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career. Alas, the Divinity shaping his end Entertained other views and decided to send His lordship in horror, despair and dismay From the land of the nobleman's natural prey. For, smit with his Old World ways, Lady Cadde Fell -- suffering Caesar! -- in love with her dad! G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Babe

"Babe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.78% of the time. "Babe" is used about 186 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)89.78%16724,143
Noun (proper)7.53%1493,893
Lexical Verb (base form)2.15%4175,879
Noun (common)0.54%1339,140
                    Total100.00%186N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Babe

The following table summarizes the usage of "babe" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BabeLast name17048,393
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Babe

Expressions using "babe": babe Didrikson babe in arms babe or child babe Ruth babe Zaharias Foster babe innocent as the babe unborn. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "babe": babe-in-arms, babe-obsessed.

Ending with "babe": jazz-babe, rog-babe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Babe

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

babe

20,897

black babe

664

hot babe

7,944

babe and car

663

bikini babe

4,224

indian babe

653

biker babe

2,774

babe picture

639

sexy babe

2,168

teen babe

634

babe of the day

2,165

thong babe

607

beach babe

2,165

older babe

541

nude babe

1,966

celebrity babe

516

anime babe

1,488

fat babe

498

naked babe

1,378

free babe

450

babe ruth

1,350

shredded babe

425

busty babe

1,012

lingerie babe

418

blonde babe

990

babe in bikini

379

asian babe

901

harley babe

376

famous babe

894

motorcycle babe

376

fitness babe

819

topless babe

345

babe gallery

756

brazilian babe

338

ebony babe

746

babe in thong

317

mature babe

739

amateur babe

316

babe on bike

721

babe ruth baseball

315
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Babe

Language Translations for "babe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

bukuroshe (beauty, Belle, cooky, doll, lovely, peach, Peri, pinup, tootsy), vajzë (chicken, child, colleen, damsel, daughter, demoiselle, female, gal, girl, girlie, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, Miss, petticoat, puss, unmarried girl, wench), foshnjë (baby, chit, infant, moppet). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فتاة (baby, bird, bud, filly, gill, girl, lass, maid, nymph, pigeon, wench, young woman), ‏حبيبة (grain, granule, lass, pellet, sweetheart), ‏طفل رضيع (baby), ‏صديقة (crony, pal), ‏الغر شخص ساذج, ‏أمرأة (woman). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отроче (infant), отрок (infant, serf), бозайниче (nurseling), бебе (baby, infant, tenderling). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

宝贝. (various references)

   

Czech

  

nemluvnì (baby, infant), kotì (kitten). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نوزاد (Baby, Bambino, Chick, Grub, Newborn), کودک (Baby, Child, Chit, Infant, Kid, Trot), طفل (Baby, Child, Infant, Peewee, Tyke), شخص ساده ومعصوم . (various references)

   

French

  

belle femme, bébé (baby), petite amie (baby), pépée, nana, naïf, enfant (bairn), copine (baby). (various references)

   

German

  

baby (baby, infant, mandragora), Kindlein. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μωρό (baby). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תינוק (baby, child, infant, moppet, nursling, suckling, tot). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szivi (baby, cutie, luv), kisbaba (baby, infant). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bayi (baby, infant), sayang (baby, darling, dear, kind, sweetie), kekasih (beloved, darling, lovely, mash, sweetheart). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bimbo (baby, child, infant, kid, kiddy, tot), bambola (doll, Dolly, puppet), bambino (baby, bairn, child, infant, kid, kiddy, youngling), pupa (pupa). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

아기 (Babies, Baby). (various references)

   

Manx

  

oikan (baby, infant, nurseling, tot, tot child), babban (baby, doll, lobe, tassel), bab (earlobe, lobe). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abebay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

bebe^, bebê, meu bem, querida, bebê (baby), pessoa inexperiente (colt, fledgling, suckling), criancinha (baby, lamb). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prunc (baby, child, innocent), copilaş (baby, infant, kiddie, kiddy, kidling, piccaninny, tot), copil (baby, bairn, bantling, boy, brat, child, chip, descendant, imp, infant, kid, offspring, papoose, peter pan, son, urchin). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

детка, дитя (baby, bairn, child, infant). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

naoidhean (an infant, infant, suckling). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

naivko (naďve). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bebé (baby, nurseling). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

brud (bride, chick, Dame, doll, Dolly, Jane, mama, skirt), barnunge (brat, chit, papoose), tjej (baby, bint, broad, chick, colleen, Dame, gal, girl, Jane, Judy, skirt). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เด็กทารก (babby, baby). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bebek (baby, Bebek, cookie, cooky, doll, Dolly, infant, infantile, puppet), bebe, piliç (baby, chick, chicken, dish, poult, pullet, spring chicken), kız (bird, bunny, chick, chicken, colleen, daughter, female, gal, girl, Jenny, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, Miss, queen, wench). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

немовля (baby, nurseling, nursling, suckling), дитина (bairn, bambino, child, chit, infant, kiddy, papoose, youngling). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

những người cả tin, người ngây thơ (innocence, innocency), người khờ dại (blunderhead, boob, fool, gaby, goosey, greenhorn, half-wit, imbecile, juggins, nincompoop, rattle-brain, scapegrace, sheep's-head, silly, spooney, spoony). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

baban (baby), plentyn bach, maban (baby). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Babe

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

te. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Babe

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 2, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai hlqon speusanteV kai aneuron thn te mariam kai ton iwshf kai to brefoV keimenon en th fatnh
Latin405VulgateEt venerunt festinantes et invenerunt Mariam et Ioseph et infantem positum in praesepio
Old English990West SaxonAnd hig efstende comon: and gemetton marian and iosep and þæt cild on binne aled;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thei hiyynge camen, and founden Marie and Joseph, and the yong child leid in a cratche.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd they cam with haste and founde Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a mager.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Babe

LanguageLuke Chapter 2, Verse 16
CebuanoUg sila miadto nga nanagdali ug ilang nakaplagan si Maria ug si Jose ug ang gamayng bata nga naghigda sa pasungan.
Chinese他 們 急 忙 去 了 、 就 尋 見 馬 利 亞 和 約 瑟 、 又 有 那 嬰 孩 臥 在 馬 槽 裡 。
CroatianI pohite te pronaðu Mariju, Josipa i novoroðenèe gdje leži u jaslama.
DanishOg de skyndte sig og kom og fandt både Maria og Josef, og Barnet liggende i Krybben.
DutchEn zij kwamen met haast, en vonden Maria en Jozef, en het Kindeken liggende in de kribbe.
FinnishJa he menivät kiiruhtaen ja löysivät Marian ja Joosefin ja lapsen, joka makasi seimessä.
FrenchIls y allèrent en hâte, et ils trouvèrent Marie et Joseph, et le petit enfant couché dans la crèche.
GermanUnd sie kamen eilend und fanden beide, Maria und Joseph, dazu das Kind in der Krippe liegen.
Haitian CreoleYo prese ale, yo jwenn Mari ak Jozèf, ansanm ak tipitit la kouche kote yo bay bèt yo manje a.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMereka segera pergi, lalu menjumpai Maria dan Yusuf, serta bayi itu yang sedang berbaring di dalam palung.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka mereka itu pun pergilah dengan segeranya, lalu dijumpainya Maryam dan Yusuf, dan kanak-kanak itu terbaring di dalam palungan.
ItalianAndarono dunque senz'indugio e trovarono Maria e Giuseppe e il bambino, che giaceva nella mangiatoia.
Manx GaelicAs haink ad lesh siyr, as hooar ad Moirrey as Joseph, as yn oikan ny lhie ayns manjoor.
MaoriNa kaika tonu ta ratou haere, a ka kite i a Meri, i a Hohepa, i te tamaiti hoki e takoto ana i te takotoranga kai ma nga kararehe.
NorwegianOg de skyndte sig og kom og fant både Maria og Josef, og barnet som lå i krybben;
PortugueseForam, pois, a toda a pressa, e acharam Maria e José, e o menino deitado na manjedoura;   
RumanianS`au dus kn grabq, wi au gqsit pe Maria, pe Iosif, wi pruncul culcat kn iesle.
ShuarNuna tiar Wárik wearmiayi. Tura Marincha Jusencha Wáinkiarmiayi. Tura uchincha waaka yurumtainiam tepan Wáinkiarmiayi.
SpanishFueron de prisa y hallaron a María y a José, y al niño acostado en el pesebre.
SwahiliBasi, wakaenda mbio, wakamkuta Maria na Yosefu na yule mtoto mchanga amelazwa horini.
SwedishOch de skyndade åstad dit och funno Maria och Josef, och barnet som låg i krubban.
UmaKahilou-rami, pai' rarua' mpu'u-mi Maria pai' Yusuf, hante ana'lei-ra to turu hi rala paiwa'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Babe

Derivations

Words beginning with "babe": babel, babels, babes, babesia, babesias, babesioses, babesiosis. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Babe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abbi, abeb, Abebe, abobe, Baaba, baabu, baba, ba-ba, babae, babal, babba, Babbar, babed, Babeny, baber, Babet, Babeuf, Babie, Babij, babit, bable, babo, Babr, babs, Babt, Babuu, babuy, bae, bage, Baje, Bajee, Balbec, Balbi, Balbo, bambe, Banba, bape, barba, barbe, barbi, bave, Bawb, bawe, baxe, bbem, bbw, bcab, beba, bebb, bebel, bebic, beeb, Beiba, Bembe, bhabi, biabe, biba, bibe, bibi, bibio, boba, bobe, Bobet, Boube, bsbi, Buabse, buba, bubbe, bubbeh, bube, Bubi, Bueb, Bybee, kabe, Obebe, pbabe, vabe. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Babe"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "babe" (pronounced bā"b)
2-ā" bmabe.

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Anagrams: Babe

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: abbe.

Words within the letters "a-b-b-e"

-1 letter: ebb.

-2 letters: ab, ae, ba, be.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-b-e"
 

+1 letter: abbes, abbey, babel, babes, barbe, kebab.

 

+2 letters: abbess, abbeys, babble, babels, babied, babies, barbed, barbel, barber, barbes, barbet, baubee, bauble, bawbee, bedaub, bubale, cabbed, cabbie, dabbed, dabber, dabble, gabbed, gabber, gabble, jabbed, jabber, kebabs, nabbed, nabber, rabbet, rabble, sabbed, tabbed, wabble, yabber.

 

+3 letters: abubble, babbled, babbler, babbles, babesia, babiche, barbate, barbell, barbels, barbers, barbets, barbule, baubees, baubles, bawbees, beanbag, bedaubs, belabor, bitable, blabbed, blabber, bogbean, brabble, bramble, bubales, bugbane, bugbear, buyable, cabbage, cabbies, clabber, crabbed, crabber, dabbers, dabbled, dabbler, dabbles, drabbed, drabber, drabbet, drabble, gabbers, gabbier, gabbled, gabbler, gabbles, grabbed, grabber, grabble, jabbers, nabbers, rabbets, rabbies, rabbled, rabbler, rabbles, scabbed, scabble, slabbed, slabber, stabbed, stabber, subbase, swabbed, swabber, swabbie, tabbied, tabbies, wabbled, wabbler, wabbles, yabbers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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