cry baby

A form of crybaby — A baby who cries excessively.

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Meanings

nouncry baby (plural cry babies)

plural cry babies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of crybaby.

    Maybe if you weren’t such a Mommy’s boy she’d be here right now, instead of hooked up to every machine imaginable! That’s where Mommy is…fighting for her life in a hospital bed because you’re such a cry baby!

    2008, Brenda Youngerman, chapter 1, in Hidden Truths, New York, N.Y.: Eloquent Books, →ISBN, part 1, pages 11–12
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APA

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MLA

“cry baby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cry%20baby. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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