Reverse Dictionary: BABY

ADJECTIVES
1823 ► GURLIE → GURLY of infants: gurgling, crowing → Sc.

NOUNS
1599 ► CRADLE-HOOD babyhood, infancy
1632 ► SUCKING-BOTTLE an infant’s feeding bottle 
19C.. ► TITTY-BOTTLE a baby-bottle; a nursing-bottle → Brit. colloq.
1827 ► PADDOCK-HAIR the soft down or hair on new-born babies → chiefly Eng. dial.
1864 ► BABBY-CLOUTS clothing or napkins for babies 
1864 ► BABYDOM babyhood; infancy 
1867 ► BABY-FARMING the lodging and care of babies for payment → derogatory
1895 ► BAIRN-CLOUTS baby clothes, dolls’ clothes → Sc.
1899 ► BABY-CLOUTS the clothes used for swaddling babies → Amer. dial.
L19.. ► VISIT FROM THE STORK the arrival of a new baby → UK society sl.
1968 ► CREEP-ABOUT  a baby at the crawling stage → Amer. dial.
1981 ► LADY’S TAIL a thatch of matted hair on a newborn child; it was believed that it should not be touched, but allowed to fall out of its own accord; otherwise it was thought to bring misfortune → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1230 ► BABAN a baby, an infant → obs.
1230 ► BABI a baby → obs.
1440 ► MOP a baby; a toddler 
1527 ► BAWBY a baby → Sc.
1533 ► BABIE a baby 
1567 ► BAB a baby; a child → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1593 ► BANTLING a baby, an infant; a young or small child; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of ‘bastard’, an illegitimate child 
1601 ► MOPPET a baby; a young child, esp. a girl; a darling, a favourite, a pet; often as a term of endearment 
1616 ► BUTTER-PRINT a baby or a child, specifically a weak or feeble one → sl. obs.
1665 ► LULLABY-CHEAT a baby → cant
1675 ► CHILD IN ARMS a baby; a very young child, not yet able to walk 
1690 ► HANS IN KELDER an unborn child → cant  obs.
1702 ► CRIB a child, a baby → obs.
1708 ► BERSATRIX a babysitter; a rocker of cradles → obs. (Bk.)
1731 ► BABE IN ARMS a baby, an infant; a very young child, not yet able to walk 
1731 ► INFANT IN ARMS a baby, an infant; a very young child, not yet able to walk 
1761 ► BAMBINO a baby, a young child 
1779 ► LENNO a baby, a child → Sc.
1780 ► RABBIT a newborn baby → sl.
1821 ► NEWCOME a new baby, a new arrival; a fresh face → sl.
1824 ► MANITOODLIE a term of endearment for a baby boy or a male child → Sc.
1828 ► BABBY a baby → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1840 ► JOHNNY NEWCOME a newborn baby → obs.
1841 ► BABA a baby; a child; also, a term of endearment → orig. & chiefly South Asian
1845 ► BABY-TENDER a baby-minder; a person who takes care of an infant 
1848 ► BABY IN ARMS a baby, an infant; a very young child, not yet able to walk 
1853 ► BABY CARRIER a person employed to carry or transport a baby; later, a woman who carries a child in the womb 
1856 ► BABELET a tiny babe; an infant; also, a term of endearment 
1856 ► BABY-MINDER a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work 
1860 ► ONE NICK → ONE NITCH a baby boy → printers’ sl.
1860 ► TWO NICK → TWO NITCH a baby girl → printers’ sl.
1864 ► TICKSY-WICKSY a baby 
1873 ► BARLEY-BAIRN a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1879 ► BARLEY-CHILD a child born in wedlock, but is born within six months of marriage → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1880 ► PARROCK a term of endearment for a baby enclosed in its mother’s arms → Sc.
1883 ► CHAP a baby, a young child → Amer. dial.
1886 ► BEEBY a baby → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1887 ► GITTSEY a term of endearment for a baby → Eng. dial.
1888 ► BAAYBY a baby → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1889 ► ANGEL-MAKER a baby-farmer → Eng. sl.
1889 ► BUBBY a nickname for a baby → Amer. dial.
1890 ► BUNCH OF DOG’S MEAT a baby; a squalling child in arms → sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► BOOGER → BUGGER a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child → Amer. dial.
1895 ► TENDER a term of endearment for a baby → Eng. dial.
1896 ► SCALDY a baby → Irish sl.
1899 ► KIDLING a baby; a little child → sl.
L19.. ► SPLIT-ARSED ONE a baby girl → sl.
20C.. ► BABBLE a baby → sl.
20C.. ► BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN a baby 
20C.. ► LITTLE STRANGER a newborn baby → sl.
20C.. ► PARCEL FROM PARIS a baby → Aust. & NZ sl.
20C.. ► PUDSY a term of endearment for a baby → sl.
1904 ► DOE a baby, a child → US criminals’ sl.
1904 ► FUSSBUDGET a baby; someone who fusses all the time 
1910 ► GAURLAGH a baby, a little child → Ireland (Bk.)
1914 ► BABY-MONITOR a person engaged to look after a baby or babies, esp. while their parents or guardians are at work 
1920 ► BIMBO a baby → US sl.
1924 ► BUNDLE OF JOY a baby → colloq.
1927 ► BABY-CHILD a baby; a child → African-American sl.
1927 ► PREEMIE → PREMIE → PREMY a premature baby → N. Amer. sl.
1930 ► BUBELICKS a term of endearment for a baby → Amer. dial.
1939 ► ARM BABY a baby small enough to be held in the arms; by extension, the youngest and smallest child in a family → Amer. dial.
1939 ► BUBBELLY a baby → Amer. dial.
1939 ► LAP ORGAN a baby → Amer. dial., jocular usage
1941 ► SNORK a baby → Aust. & NZ sl.
1944 ► SPROG a baby or young child → sl., orig. nautical usage
1945 ► BABY-BUNTING a baby → sl. (Bk.)
M20. ► BABYKINS a baby; a term of endearment for a baby 
1950 ► BUG a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child → Amer. dial.
1952 ► INSECT a crawling baby → Amer. dial.
1954 ► BED BABY a baby too small to crawl → Amer. dial.
1954 ► SETTING-UP KID a baby old enough to sit alone → Amer. dial.
1958 ► PACKET FROM PARIS a baby → Aust. & NZ sl. (Bk.)
1960 ► BASIN OF GRAVY a baby → UK rhyming sl.
1964 ► RUG-RAT a baby, a toddler → sl., orig. US
1966 ► BLUNDERBUS a baby or a small child → Amer. dial.
1969 ► PACKAGE a baby → US sl.
1980 ► BABY BUSTER a baby born in the period after the ‘baby boom’ that followed World War II → sl.
1987 ► SPROGLET a baby or small child → colloq., chiefly Brit.
1994 ► ANGEL BABY a baby who has died in the womb or shortly after birth 
1996 ► VARICOSE VEIN a baby; a child → Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘wean’
2001 ► YUKKER a baby, a toddler → UK juvenile sl.
2003 ► BABBER a baby or infant → UK sl.
2003 ► BEEF BABY a baby or a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities → African-American sl.
2006 ► BAPPLE a baby of affluent professional parents → sl., chiefly UK (Bk.)
2006 ► BBA a baby born in ambulance → UK medical sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► EXPENSE a baby; a child → US sl. (Bk.)
2014 ► BAND-AID BABY a baby conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship → colloq. (Bk.)

PHRASES
1953 ► BEES SWARM a baby is born → Amer. dial.

VERBS
1623 ► LALLATE to speak baby-like → obs.
M19. ► BABIFY → BABYFY to make baby-like or babyish 
1877 ► PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh → Eng. dial
1881 ► MURMELL of a baby: to coo, to gurgle → Sc.
20C.. ► TOP AND TAIL to wash a baby’s face and bottom without immersion in a bath 
1984 ► COVER THE WATERFRONT to diaper a baby → Amer. dial.