bye-bye
[ interjection bahy-bahy; noun, adverb bahy-bahy ]
/ interjection ˈbaɪˈbaɪ; noun, adverb ˈbaɪˌbaɪ /
interjection
Informal. goodbye.
noun
Baby Talk. sleep.
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RELATED WORDS
adieu, goodbye, sendoff, valediction, salutation, parting, ciao, cheerio, adios, leave-taking, Godspeed, farewell, send-off, arrivederci, bye, sayonara, ta-ta, toodle-oo
Nearby words
byde, bydgoszcz, bye, bye-, bye-blow, bye-bye, bye-byes, byelaw, byelgorod-dnestrovski, byelorussia, byelorussian
Idioms
- to leave; depart; go out.
- to go to sleep; go to bed.
go bye-bye, Baby Talk.
Origin of bye-bye
1700–10; apparently orig. nursery phrase used to lull a child to sleep, later construed as reduplicative form of bye, short for goodbye
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