Definitions For Bubby

Etymology 1

Perhaps from dialectal {{cognate, de, Bübbi, tr=teat}}Oxford Dictionary of English {{ISBN, 0199571120}} (perhaps specifically via {{der, en, pdc, -}}). Some older references connected the word to {{cog, fr, poupe}}, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED.As early as the 1887 edition (A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles) it has said of bubby "Cf. Ger. bübbi teat (Grimm). Connexion with F. poupe teat of an animal (formerly also of a woman), Pr. popa, It. poppa teat, is very doubtful." Compare Latin pūpa, , little girl.{{R:Etymonline, boobs}}

Pronunciation

(US) /ˈbubi/, /ˈbʊbi/, /ˈbʌbi/ {{rhymes, en, ʌbi}}

Noun

{{en-noun, bubbies}} (slang) A woman's breast.

Derived terms

booby

Etymology 2

Perhaps from brother, as pronounced by young children who are not yet able to properly pronounce its complex consonants, but alternatively perhaps from {{etyl, pdc, en}}; see bub. Compare sissy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

{{en-noun, bubbies}} (childish) {{non-gloss definition, Familiar term of address for a boy;}} bub; bubba.

Etymology 3

Variant spelling. (From {{etyl, yi, en}}.)

Noun

Alternative spelling of bubbe, , grandmother