ABBOTCY | • abbotcy n. (Obscure) abbacy. • abbotcy n. Office of the superior of a monastery. • ABBOTCY n. the office of an abbot, also ABBACY. |
BABYING | • babying v. Present participle of baby. • babying n. The act of coddling or pampering somebody. • BABY v. to treat like a baby. |
BABYISH | • babyish adj. Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish. • BABYISH adj. resembling a baby. |
BABYSAT | • babysat v. Simple past tense and past participle of babysit. • baby-sat v. Simple past tense and past participle of baby-sit. • BABYSIT v. to care for a child temporarily. |
BABYSIT | • babysit v. (Transitive, intransitive) To watch or tend someone else’s child for a period of time, often for money. • babysit v. (Transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much. • baby-sit v. Alternative spelling of babysit. |
BALLBOY | • ballboy n. Alternative spelling of ball boy. • ball␣boy n. (Sports) A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning… • BALLBOY n. a boy who retrieves balls during a game. |
BATBOYS | • batboys n. Plural of batboy. • BATBOY n. a boy who minds baseball equipment. |
BOBSTAY | • bobstay n. (Nautical) A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship’s stem or cutwater. • BOBSTAY n. a rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit. |
BRAMBLY | • brambly adj. Covered in brambles. • brambly adj. Rough; harsh or grating. • BRAMBLY adj. full of brambles. |
BUYABLE | • buyable adj. That can be bought. • buyable n. Anything made available for purchase. • BUYABLE n. something available for purchase. |
BUYBACK | • buyback n. The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it. • buyback n. A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction… • buyback n. (Countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender. |
CABBAGY | • cabbagy adj. Resembling or characteristic of cabbage. • CABBAGY adj. like a cabbage, also CABBAGEY. |
CRYBABY | • crybaby n. A baby who cries excessively. • crybaby n. (Slang) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters. • crybaby n. (Slang) Someone who takes offense or excessively complains when things aren’t going well. |
DABBITY | • dabbity n. (Scotland) A little ornament; a knick-knack. • dabbity n. (Scotland) A transfer for the skin, used as a sort of temporary tattoo. • DABBITY n. (Scots) a cheap pottery figure found at fairgrounds. |
RABBITY | • rabbity adj. Similar to or characteristic of a rabbit; rabbit-like. • RABBITY adj. like a rabbit. |
SQUABBY | • squabby adj. Short and thick; squabbish. • SQUABBY adj. short and thick, also SQUAB, SQUABBISH. |
YABBERS | • yabbers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yabber. • YABBER v. (Native Australian) to talk. |
YABBIED | • yabbied v. Simple past tense and past participle of yabby. • YABBY v. to catch yabbies, also YABBIE. |
YABBIES | • yabbies n. Plural of yabby. • YABBY v. to catch yabbies, also YABBIE. |