bubby

¹

[ buhb-ee ]

noun

, plural bub·bies.

1. Often Bub·by. (used as an affectionate term of address) a young child.

bubby

²

[ buhb-ee, boo-bee, buhb-uh, boo-buh ]

noun

, Yiddish

1. a variant of bubbe.

bubby

³

[ boo-bee, boob-ee, buhb-ee ]

noun

, Older Slang.

, plural bub·bies.

1. a female breast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bubby¹

First recorded in 1840–50; probably bubba ( def ) (in the sense “brother”) + -y ²( def )

Origin of bubby²

First recorded in 1960–65; bubbe ( def )

Origin of bubby³

First recorded in 1680–90; perhaps imitative of baby's cry or of sucking sound; boob ², booby ²( def )

Example Sentences

Bubby, why don't you go home and have your mother sew up that awful hole in your trowsers?

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“There used to be a bubby bush—a sweet-scented shrub—over in that corner,” Creed hesitated.

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Bubby was in deep water already, and his struggles were carrying him down stream.

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That is, Bubby was playing while Mabel nagged and thwarted him in almost everything he wanted to do.

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Of course you wont be a lobster, Bubby, spoke up Tess from across the hedge.

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