baby blue
Americannoun
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a very light blue.
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Informal. baby blues, a person's blue eyes.
His charm lies largely in the way he bats his baby blues.
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Origin of baby blue
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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During their first class they chose the legend of Baby Blue — a time-worn grade-school yarn about a ghost named Baby Blue who appears if you say her name three times in a row.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
We went back to the house and we started dancing to a Barry White song called "Baby Blue."
From Fox News • Jan. 24, 2022
We already kind of blew most of our budget on Van Morrison's cover of Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," which is incredible.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2021
Baby Blue is now a top-selling song on and is poised to hit the Billboard charts next week.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 4, 2013
It's tough to notate in sheet music because it relies heavily on a looped sample of a song from 1966—Them's cover of Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2012
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