bye-bye

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See also: byè byé

English

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Etymology

Reduplication of bye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɪˈbaɪ/, /ˈbaɪbaɪ/, /bəˈbaɪ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ, -aɪbaɪ

Interjection

bye-bye

  1. (informal, often childish) Goodbye.

Noun

bye-bye (plural bye-byes)

  1. (colloquial, often childish) A goodbye.
  2. (colloquial, childish) Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.
    Synonym: beddy-bye
    Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye.
    • 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 224:
      "e came to the gate of the city; and finding it shut lay him down and went to by-by!"

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