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babber¹

  • /ˈbæbə/ UK
  • /ˈbæbɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æbə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Probably a modification of baby: compare babby (“baby”) (Britain, dialectal).

noun babbers

  1. A baby. We began the business of settling in. Tom took to watching over the babber, when it wasn't getting its milk.

    Similar: bab, babber, babby, babe, babe in arms, baby, bairn, bantling, bub, bundle of joy, chit, crotch dropping

  2. A friend. Ow bis me babber? […] How's it going?

    Similar: babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver, china, chuck, chum

babber²

  • /ˈbæbə/ UK
  • /ˈbæbɚ/ US

Rhymes with -æbə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From bab (“to fish for eels using a bab (bundle of live worms)”) + -er (agent noun suffix); the further etymology of bab is uncertain.

noun babbers

  1. East Anglia A fisherman using babs (“baits consisting of bundles of live worms”) to catch eels. Another way of taking eels, and by far the more ingenious, is that known as "babbing," or "bobbing." A series of large worms are strung on cobbler's worsted and coiled into a knot. […] I have known a couple of "babbers" to take as many as four or five stone of eels in a single night.

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@misc{babber_2026,
  title = {babber},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/babber},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}