Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, informal)A baby.

  2. (East Anglia)A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. William was originally from Bab El Oued.

  2. I was born in Algiers, in Bab-el-Oued.

  3. What is happening in the Bab al-Mandab Strait?

  4. William didn't intend to fully walk back to Bab El Oued.

  5. We paid a visit to a bowling alley located in Bab Ezzouar, Algiers.

Origin

Clipping of babby (“baby”). Probably related to bob.

Clipping of babby (“baby”).

Probably related to bob.

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Forms

plural: babs
Singularbab
Pluralbabs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbabber

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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