Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal, plural, plural only)Blue eyes.

    flash those baby blues

    bat those baby blues at me

  2. (informal, plural, plural only)Period and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.

    a bad case of the baby blues

Origin

Ellipsis of baby blue eyes. From baby + blues.

Ellipsis of baby blue eyes.

From baby + blues.

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Forms

plural: baby blueses
Singularbaby blues
Pluralbaby blueses

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedall eyeslights

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
babyA1babylonbabysitB1baccalaureate

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