bubby
/ˈbʊbi/noun
bubby is spelled B-U-B-B-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bubby means “A woman's breast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bubby is bubbies.
How many letters and syllables are in bubby?
| Letters | 5: B-U-B-B-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bubby?
Bubby appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bubby?
- /ˈbʊbi/
- /ˈbʌbi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bubby.wav, En-au-bubby.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bubby
- bubbies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bubby mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedslangA woman's breast.
- 2
Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba.
- 3
Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bubby come from?
Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).