beddy-bye

beddy-bye
bed·dy-bye

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  • beddy-bye — [bed′ē bī΄] n. bed or bedtime: orig. a nursery word, now facetious …   English World dictionary

  • beddy-bye — I. ¦bedē¦bī noun Etymology: baby talk, from bed : bye bye III II. adverb : bye bye IV * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • beddy-bye — /bed ee buy /, n. Baby Talk. the act of or time for going to bed or sleeping: One more game and then it s beddy bye. [1905 10; BED + Y2 + (BYE) BYE] * * * …   Universalium

  • beddy-bye — noun bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed Syn: bye bye …   Wiktionary

  • beddy-bye — time to go to bed, time for sleep (Children s Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • go beddy-bye — go to bed for the last ten miles, all I could think about was getting home and going beddy bye …   Useful english dictionary

  • beddy-byes — 7 [ˈbedi baɪz] [ˈbedi baɪz] (BrE) (NAmE ˈbeddy bye) noun uncountable a child s word for bed, used when talking about the time sb g …   Useful english dictionary

  • beddy — noun (hypocoristic) bed On to the back page, and Walter is walking the fields after school, clutching his teddy: Ive made up another poem. Perhaps Ill be poet laureate one day!: Oh, sweet and cuddly darling Teddy, You keep me cosy in my beddy.… …   Wiktionary

  • bye-bye — 1. interjection Goodbye. 2. noun a) A goodbye. b) bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed. Syn: beddy bye …   Wiktionary

  • bye-byes — /bīˈbīz/ (informal) noun (used to children) sleep, esp in go to bye byes ORIGIN: Prob bye bye, perh with influence from beddy byes * * * bye byes «BY BYZ», noun (plural). = sleep. (Cf. ↑sleep) * * * ˈbye byes 7 noun …   Useful english dictionary

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