beddy-bye

bed·dy-bye

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bed-ee-bahy]
- /ˈbɛd iˌbaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bed-ee-bahy]
- /ˈbɛd iˌbaɪ/

Definitions of beddy-bye word

noun beddy-bye bed or bedtime 3
noun beddy-bye Baby Talk. the act of or time for going to bed or sleeping: One more game and then it's beddy-bye. 1
noun beddy-bye (Idiomatic) (baby-talk, childish) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed. 0

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Origin of beddy-bye

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10; bed + -y2 + (bye)-bye

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Parts of speech for Beddy-bye

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Beddy-bye

beddy-bye popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.