What does "bab" mean?
A baby.
Bab
/bæb/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A baby.
- Grammar: bab is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: baby.
- Usage evidence: We paid a visit to a bowling alley located in Bab Ezzouar, Algiers.
How to use "bab"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A baby. UK, informal
- 2 Initialism of blame avoidance behavior abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Blame avoidance behavior (BAB) encompasses all kinds of integrity-protecting activities by officeholders in the face of potentially blame-attracting events. It is increasingly common for scholars to scrutinize political decisions and their effects in order to establish whether, and to what degree, they have been caused by officeholders’ motivation to avoid blame. By now, BAB is considered a widespread phenomenon that is essential for a realistic understanding of the nature and workings of political systems."
- 3 A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms. East-Anglia
"The worms were threaded onto the yarn until we had 4 or 5 feet of big juicy worms threaded through. We would coil it all up and put an old rusty nut at the centre and tie it on a bit of string on an old ash pole — this was the bab."
Verb
- 1 To fish for eels using a bab. East-Anglia, intransitive
"The babbers follow the eels, and you may see fifteen boats as close together as possible, babbing away, and catching as much as four stone-weight of eels per boat of a night."
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of the Báb. alt-of, alternative
- 2 Synonym of Set (“Egyptian god”).
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"We paid a visit to a bowling alley located in Bab Ezzouar, Algiers."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bab"?
Common synonyms include: baby.
How do you use "bab" in a sentence?
We paid a visit to a bowling alley located in Bab Ezzouar, Algiers.
How do you pronounce "bab"?
Pronounced /bæb/.
Etymology
Clipping of babby (“baby”).