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furbaby

noun

Etymology

From fur + baby.

  1. borrowed from Baby
  2. borrowed from ബേബി
  3. compounded as furbaby — “fur + baby”

Definitions

  1. A furry pet considered a child by a human.

    • Mrs. Jackson still kept doggie biscuits in her pockets, even though her furbaby had died two months ago.
    • As I took the satiny-furred cat into my arms, his purring ratcheted up a couple of notches. Brian stood looking at the two of us, grinning, then said of the malnourished creature, “I guess we have a furbaby!”
    • He looked down at the puppy fast asleep in his arms. Maybe this furbaby would slow down the ticking of her biological clock, too.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA