Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of baby
nounbabying (plural babyings)
plural babyings
- The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
She thought that if she had been beautiful instead of so plain then she might have made out better, but the plainness perhaps went the worst against her; it worked together with the babyings from an Indian; […]
1976, Jean Rikhoff, The sweetwater, page 159
Translations
Esperanto dorlotado, karesemo
- dorlotadoact of coddling or pampering somebody
- karesemoact of coddling or pampering somebody
French cajolerie, dorlotement
- cajolerieact of coddling or pampering somebody
- dorlotementact of coddling or pampering somebody
- pouponnageact of coddling or pampering somebody
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APA
babying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babying
MLA
“babying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babying. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “babying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babying.
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