Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cry baby

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: cry ba-by
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of crybaby.

Example Sentences

"Maybe if you weren’t such a Mommy’s boy she’d be here right now, instead of hooked up to every machine imaginable! That’s where Mommy is…fighting for her life in a hospital bed because you’re such a cry baby!"

Inflected Forms

cry babies (plural)

Questions

What does cry baby mean?: Alternative form of crybaby.

How to pronounce cry baby

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