babash

B3A1B3A1S1H4

noun

bush rum

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounbabash (uncountable)
  1. Trinidad and Tobagouncountablebush rum

    The air in the closed-up room was thick with the smell of spilled full-proof babash.

    1999, Shani Mootoo, Cereus Blooms at Night
    2 more examples

    After this Martin became very despondent and withdrew to the lorry to console himself with a bottle of "babash" (moonshine).

    1994, Mary L. Gill, Presence, Identity and Meaning in the Trinidad Carnival

    If I have a babash he get. If he get a babash he bring for me, he didn't have to bring it, […]

    1995, Rudolph Ottley, Calypsonians from Then to Now, page 190

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bush rum
Cite this entry
APA

babash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babash

MLA

“babash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “babash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babash.

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