Collocations for "baby"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "baby" in context.
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baby
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [healthy, newborn, premature] baby
- what a [beautiful, sweet, adorable] baby!
- just love babies!
- are going to have a baby
- have been trying for a baby
- just had a baby
- want another baby
- the baby is [crying, screaming]
- the baby is [hungry, upset, tired]
- put the baby in the [car seat, stroller, crib]
- stop [being, acting like] a baby
- don't [be] a baby
- she's [just, only] a baby
- [come here, I love you] baby
- the [car, project, plan] is his baby
- is the baby's [father, mother]
- slang: is my baby daddy
- baby [clothes, fingers, talk, names]
- baby [food, formula, milk]
- a baby [blanket, toy, bike, version]
- a baby [doctor, nurse]
- baby [apples, pears, carrots]
- baby-sized [apples]
- is my baby daddy
- a baby [bear, goat, whale]
- don't baby him
- baby your [child, students, car]
- his [mother, father, parents] babied him
- he was babied (as a child)
- babied and [coddled, pampered]
- don't (you) "baby" me
'baby' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
January
- abandoned
- able
- alligator
- artichoke
- back
- bare
- bath
- behind
- big
- birth
- bloody
- bond
- bonnet
- born
- bottle
- bounce
- bouncing
- boy
- breast
- brother
- buckle
- burp
- calf
- call
- calm
- candy
- carrier
- chair
- challenging
- change
- changing
- chick
- chill
- chin
- choking
- chubby
- clasp
- coax
- conceive
- cot
- cover
- cradle
- cranky
- crib
- crown
- crying
- cum
- curly
- cute