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baby talk — n. playful, often nonsensical talk used to amuse or imitate a baby … English World dictionary
baby talk — n 1) the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk 2) the consciously imperfect or altered speech often used by adults in speaking to small children … Medical dictionary
baby talk — n [U] sounds or words that babies use when they are learning to talk … Dictionary of contemporary English
baby talk — baby ,talk noun uncount sounds and words that babies make when they are learning to speak, or similar sounds and words that adults use when talking to babies … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Baby talk — This article is about speech directed at babies. For speech like sounds produced by babies, see babbling. For other uses, see Baby talk (disambiguation). Whoopsie daisy redirects here. For the song by Terri Walker, see L.O.V.E (album). Baby talk … Wikipedia
baby talk — noun 1. an adult s imitation of the speech of a young child • Syn: ↑babytalk, ↑motherese • Hypernyms: ↑non standard speech 2. the developing speech of a young child • Syn: ↑babytalk … Useful english dictionary
baby talk — also baby talk N UNCOUNT Baby talk is the language used by babies when they are just learning to speak, or the way in which some adults speak when they are talking to babies. Maria was talking baby talk to the little one … English dictionary
baby-talk — see baby talk … English dictionary
Baby talk (disambiguation) — Baby talk is a child oriented form of speech.Baby talk may also refer to:* Baby Talk (magazine), an American magazine targeted at new parents * Baby Talk (TV series), an American sitcom from 1991 … Wikipedia
Baby Talk (TV series) — infobox television show name = Baby Talk caption = format = Comedy runtime = 30 min. creator = starring = Julia Duffy (Season 1) Mary Page Keller (Season 2) Tony Danza Paul Jessup Ryan Jessup George Clooney (Season 1) William Hickey (Season 1)… … Wikipedia
baby talk — 1. the speech of children learning to talk, marked by syntactic differences from adult speech and by phonetic modifications like lisping, lalling, omission and substitution of sounds, etc. 2. a style of speech used by adults in addressing… … Universalium
