a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
Used in a Sentence
babe
How to use babe in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for babe.
Editorial note
Nor does it cause us to say, Hey babe, fancy a shag?
Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of babe gathered in one view.
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for babe.
noun
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
noun
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
Example sentences
Nor does it cause us to say, Hey babe, fancy a shag?
As a dude whose girl calls him babe, yes you're overreacting.
I'm pretty clearly not a booth babe with that skirt though, so maybe I'm a girlfriend?
My girlfriend calls me babe all the time, and I don't think she is being sexist about it.
They are not dressed in black tie attire; they are dressed in a sexy, posed, clearly pre-coordinated "booth babe" take on black tie.
This is a very specific problem that is harmful to the industry and to all the non-booth babes out there.
I'll let Jon Corbet take it from here:The program involved is hot-babe, a graphical CPU utilization monitor.
> I think nobody is to blame hereAn industry who employs women as booth babes, apparently because staring at a booth babe sells tech better?
The last possibly best exemplified in LWN's coverage of a story ... wow, already a decade ago, on LWN: "Debian and the hot babe problem".
Seriously, you just linked Violet Blue's odious post tagging an application developer as a "booth babe" because of the fit of her shirt.
In the outlined scenario there is some basement-dwelling-geek tricked into giving away the keys to the castle by some allegedly mega-fit-babe who is outside the company.
This is exactly the OP's point---the existence of booth babes has conditioned us to be surprised when an attractive woman, or possibly any woman at all, is "intelligent, informed, competent".
Well it's "attention" I guess, but is it the right kind?A better analogy might the pretty girl walking home from high school, of the rather hick-ish / paleosuburban sort -- when the older dropout pulls up in his muscle car and asks "Hey babe, wanna party?
As an indian i'd say ali was truly world-famous, jordan is well known to my generation due to nba catching on in the 80s but i'm betting a large chunk of my parent's generation wouldn't know him, i only knew about babe ruth from reading american fiction, and i'd pretty much never heard of gretzky until last year.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use babe in a sentence?
Nor does it cause us to say, Hey babe, fancy a shag?
What does babe mean?
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
What part of speech is babe?
babe is commonly used as noun.