[bab-it] 
| 3. | pertaining to or made of Babbitt metal. |
| 4. | to line, face, or furnish with Babbitt metal. |
[bab-it] | 1. | Irving, 1865–1933, U.S. educator and critic. |
| 2. | Milton Byron, born 1916, U.S. composer. |
| 3. | (italics ) a novel (1922) by Sinclair Lewis. |
| 4. | (often lowercase) a self-satisfied person who conforms readily to conventional, middle-class ideas and ideals, esp. of business and material success; Philistine: from the main character in the novel by Sinclair Lewis. |
| 1. | any of various alloys of tin with smaller amounts of antimony and copper, used as an antifriction lining for bearings. |
| 2. | any of various similar alloys. |
| Bab·bitt (bāb'ĭt) n. A narrow-minded, self-satisfied person with an unthinking attachment to middle-class values and materialism. [After George F. Babbitt, the main character in the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.] Bab'bitt·ry n. |
| Babbitt, Irving 1865-1933. American humanist and scholar whose New Humanism movement sought to revive interest in classical virtues in literary criticism. |
| Babbitt, Milton Byron Born 1916. American composer whose works, including Vision and Prayer (1961) for soprano and synthesizer, combine serial music and electronic effects. |