bundle of joy

noun

A newborn baby.

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Meanings

nounbundle of joy (plural bundles of joy)

plural bundles of joy

  1. idiomaticA newborn baby.

    Nature took its course, and Marie did give birth to a bundle of joy, but she soon discovered that motherhood was not all bliss.

    2005, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Robert W. Ullman, Rage-Free Kids, Picnic Point Press, →ISBN, page 132
  2. idiomaticA child.
  3. idiomaticuncommonA pet.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
babberbaby
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APA

bundle of joy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bundle%20of%20joy

MLA

“bundle of joy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bundle%20of%20joy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bundle of joy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bundle%20of%20joy.

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