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'baby bouncer noun {BrE) a type of seat that hangs from pieces of elastic, in which a baby can sit and bounce up and down

'baby buggy noun 1 'Baby Buggy™ {BrE) = buggy(2) 2 (old-fashioned, NAmE) = pram 'baby carriage noun (NAmE) = pram , baby-1 doll adj. used to describe a style of women’s dress or nightdress that is short with a high waist and is similar to the type of dress traditionally worn by dolls

1 baby-faced adj. with a face that looks young and inno­cent

'baby fat noun [U] (NAmE) = puppy fat

,baby 'grand noun a small grand piano /Jn M Eh A $!

Baby-gro™ /'beibigreu; NAmE -grou/ noun {pi. -os) {BrE) a piece of clothing for babies, usually covering the whole body except the head and hands, made of a type of cloth that stretches easily ( #14 ) ba by hood /'beibihud/ noun [U] the period of your life when you are a baby |£JL89

baby ish /'beibiij/ adj. (usually disapproving) typical of or suitable for a baby SWlJRftS;

baby-sit /'beibisit/ verb (baby-sit-ting, baby sat, baby sat) (also sit) to take care of babies or children for a short time while their parents are out ft      ^

Its H U: [V] She regularly babysits for us. M ^ 89 A A It ill M     o o [VN] He’s babysitting the neighbour’s

children, ffe £      Itfi M         „       ► baby-sit-ting

noun [U]

baby-sit-ter /'beibisit8(r)/ (also sit-ter especially in NAmE) noun a person who takes care of babies or children while their parents are away from home and is usually paid to do this i|£ H U. M; ft A iffc' W M H A & 61jA: I can’t find a babysitter for tonight.        A A

o — see also childminder

’baby talk noun [U] the words or sounds a baby says when it is learning to talk; the special language adults sometimes use when talking to babies |g ^ in

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1 baby tooth noun = milk tooth 'baby walker (BrE) {NAmE waSk-er) noun a frame with wheels and a harness for a baby who can walk around a room, supported by the frame ( #jJL ) bac-ca-laur-eate /.baeka'loiriat/ noun 1 the last sec­ondary school exam in France and other countries, and in some international schools (        IMS.—

to sit/take/pass/fail

your baccalaureate

— see also international baccalaureate 2 (in the US) a religious service or talk for students who have completed high school or college ( Jtlliifg M

bac-carat /'bsekara:/ noun [U] a card game in which players hold two or three cards each and bet on whose cards will have the highest number left over when their value is divided by ten E Afi       ( St

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bacchanalian /.baeka'neilian/ adj. {formal) (of a party, etc. M £ #) wild and involving large amounts of alcohol M $E Jfc From the name of the

Greek god Bacchus (also called Dionysus), the god of wine and wild enjoyment. U     El£

Sfr ( Bacchus,   Dionysus )

baccy /'baeki/ noun [u] {BrE, informal) tobacco 10#: bach /baetf / noun {NZE) a small holiday house IS (IANS bach-elor /'baetfala(r)/ noun 1 a man who has never been married A M M A;        # 'U.: an eligible bachelor

(= one that many people want to marry, especially because he is rich)

MMt ) 0 a confirmed bachelor (= a person who does not intend to marry; often used in newspapers to refer to a homosexual man) fg^;t

) —compare spinster 2 (usually