baby shower

[ bey-bee shou-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a party, sometimes attended by women only, for giving gifts to a prospective mother or to a couple about to be parents:
We regularly use the stroller we were given at our baby shower, but the playpen only occasionally.

First recorded in 1900–05

This cool, casual look can be worn at events ranging from a baby shower to a dinner with family or friends.

He told police that he was just coming from a baby shower at the Sugar Hill Club in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

“Every day is a baby shower at Rosie Pope Maternity,” she said.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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