Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bab
Participle: babbed
Gerund: babbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bab |
| you | bab |
| he;she;it | babs |
| we | bab |
| you | bab |
| they | bab |
Perfect
| I | have babbed |
| you | have babbed |
| he;she;it | has babbed |
| we | have babbed |
| you | have babbed |
| they | have babbed |
Past
| I | babbed |
| you | babbed |
| he;she;it | babbed |
| we | babbed |
| you | babbed |
| they | babbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had babbed |
| you | had babbed |
| he;she;it | had babbed |
| we | had babbed |
| you | had babbed |
| they | had babbed |
Future
| I | will bab |
| you | will bab |
| he;she;it | will bab |
| we | will bab |
| you | will bab |
| they | will bab |
Future Perfect
| I | will have babbed |
| you | will have babbed |
| he;she;it | will have babbed |
| we | will have babbed |
| you | will have babbed |
| they | will have babbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bab |
| you | bab |
| he;she;it | bab |
| we | bab |
| you | bab |
| they | bab |
Perfect
| I | have babbed |
| you | have babbed |
| he;she;it | have babbed |
| we | have babbed |
| you | have babbed |
| they | have babbed |
Imperfect
| I | babbed |
| you | babbed |
| he;she;it | babbed |
| we | babbed |
| you | babbed |
| they | babbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had babbed |
| you | had babbed |
| he;she;it | had babbed |
| we | had babbed |
| you | had babbed |
| they | had babbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bab |
| you | would bab |
| he;she;it | would bab |
| we | would bab |
| you | would bab |
| they | would bab |
Perfect
| I | would have babbed |
| you | would have babbed |
| he;she;it | would have babbed |
| we | would have babbed |
| you | would have babbed |
| they | would have babbed |
Imperative
| you | bab |
| we | Let's bab |
| you | bab |
Verbs conjugated like 'bab'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bab'
ab,
baa,
baby,
bad,
bag,
bam,
ban,
bap,
bar,
barb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Clipping of babby (“baby”).
Sample Sentences
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The babbers follow the eels, and you may see fifteen boats as close together as possible, babbing away, and catching as much as four stone-weight of eels per boat of a night. [1884, George Christopher Davies, Norfolk Broads and Rivers, W. Blackwood and sons, page 244:]
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Sometimes we trolled or set liggers for pike, we seldom babbed for eels, it was such a slimy job. [1948, William Guy, Mostly Memories: Some Digressions, C. J. Cousland, page 24:]
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Another classic example was babbing for eels; he would come along and say — ‘Goodnight for babbing, make you some babs’. [2006 February 1, John Meiklejohn, “Babbing for eels”, in BBC - WW2 People's War:]