Deeper Dive: baby
LyricsWell, just - a look at that girl with the lights comin' up in her eyes
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by
She's got to be somebody's baby
She must be somebody's baby
She's got to be somebody's baby
She's so fine
She's probably somebody's only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, all right
Somebody’s baby by Jackson Browne
Collocationsin the baby
Someone’s baby
This/that baby
Throw the baby out with the bathwater
baby noun [Dim. of babe.]
An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
2. A small image of an infant; a doll.
Babies in the eyesthe minute reflection which one sees of one’s self in the eyes of another.Ba′by adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans.
She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses,
Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes. Heywood.“Baby figure” Shak.Ba′by transitive verb [imperfect or past participle Babied (bā′bēd); present participle or verbal noun Babying.]To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle. Young.
-- Webster's unabridged 1913
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