Meanings
- USslanguncountableA term of endearment for a young woman.
Mrs. King is delighted that there are so many Tracy Austins in professional tennis these days. She refers to them as “babycakes,” and not patronizingly.
1979 July 2, Billie Jean King, quotee, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times
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babycakes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babycakes
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