Babbitt (redirected from Babbitts)

Bab·bitt  (bbt)

n.

A narrow-minded, self-satisfied person with an unthinking attachment to middle-class values and materialism.

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[After George F. Babbitt, the main character in the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.]

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Babbitt·ry n.

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Babbitt, Irving 1865-1933.

American humanist and scholar whose New Humanism movement sought to revive interest in classical virtues in literary criticism.

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Babbitt, Milton Byron Born 1916.

American composer whose works, including Vision and Prayer (1961) for soprano and synthesizer, combine serial music and electronic effects.

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babbitt [ˈbæbɪt]

vb

(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to line (a bearing) or face (a surface) with Babbitt metal or a similar soft alloy

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Babbitt [ˈbæbɪt]

n

US derogatory a narrow-minded and complacent member of the middle class

[after George Babbitt, central character in the novel Babbitt (1922) by Sinclair Lewis]

Babbittry  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	babbitt - an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction Babbitt metal alloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
Verb	1.	babbitt - line with a Babbitt metal line - cover the interior of; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"