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babe

[ ˈbāb]

babe

noun

[ˈbāb]

Definition of babe

1a : infant, baby

b slang : girl, woman

c slang : a person and especially a young woman who is sexually attractive

2 : a naive inexperienced person —used especially in the phrase babe in the woods

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

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Recent Examples on the Web

//We were called aqua-babes and aqua-belles and aqua-naughties.
— Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, "We asked women around the world these 6 provocative questions," 20 Oct. 2019
//Rita Moreno, who starred in the original West Side Story, also makes the list in printed corsets, as does Goodfellas babe Debi Mazar in an S&M leather bodysuit and a monochrome Tweety Bird ensemble.
— Brooke Bobb, Vogue, "Let Gabriel Held’s #unsungsherooffashion Be Your 2019 Style Touchstone," 7 Jan. 2019
//Next door, Laurel Tavern was abuzz with busy bartenders slinging beers for a full house, including one table surrounded by strollers and a trio of moms with babes in arm.
— Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, "Crowds pack Lower Greenville's bars, unfazed by horrific crime blocks away," 24 Aug. 2019
//Sounds like a wife to me! AHMED HIRSI enters. ahmed hirsi: Hey babe!
— Rob Long, National Review, "That’s My Husbro: Ilhan Omar’s Family Drama," 25 July 2019
//These modern babes are multi-tasking and formulated with buzzy ingredients such as clay, charcoal, and seaweed.
— Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "I Tried Nair’s New Hair-Removal Masks — Here’s What Happened," 15 July 2019
//For all her logic, she is kept secret company by the ghost of her dead daughter, Evelyn, who overheated to death in the Arizona sun as a months-old babe but lives and grows in spectral form.
— Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, "Téa Obreht follows up 'The Tiger's Wife' with 'Inland' a haunted, fantastical Western," 13 Aug. 2019
//Tickets price $5 per person (babes in arms free) and is good for the entire day (workshop fee is separate).
— Anchorage Daily News, "Fun things happening this week: Sublime with Rome, Queen Nation and a weed smackdown," 8 Aug. 2019
//Female bees, conversely, deliberately collect pollen, along with nectar, to feed their babes.
— Paige Embry, Scientific American, "Surprise: Bees Need Meat," 23 Aug. 2019

First Known Use of babe

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for babe

Middle English, probably of imitative origin

Dictionary Entries near babe

Phrases Related to babe

a babe in arms

babe in the woods

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Synonyms & Antonyms of babe

1 a person who is just starting out in a field of activity

although I worked with film for years, I'm just a babe as far as digital photography is concerned

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boot

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2 a recently born person

a babe in arms, too young even to crawl

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cherub

preemie
(also premie)

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3 slang a lovely woman

a celebrity magazine describing her as "a total babe"

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houri

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bag,
frump

4 slang a physically attractive person

an ad for a beach resort depicting tanned babes of both sexes

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More Definitions forbabe

babe

noun

English Language Learners Definition of babe

: a very young child

: a sexually attractive person

babe

noun

\ ˈbāb \

Kids Definition of babe

: baby entry 1 sense 1
//a newborn babe