noun
Meaning 1
A woman's breast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bub
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bubby
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbʊbi/
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/ˈbʌbi/
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rhymes with -ʌbi
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noun
Meaning 2
Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”).
Perhaps from brother, as pronounced by young children who are not yet able to properly pronounce its complex consonants, but alternatively perhaps from Pennsylvania German; see bub. Compare sissy.
Variant spelling. (From Yiddish.)