Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baby-kisser

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: baby-kiss-er
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who kisses babies, especially a male politician who does so to ingratiate himself with female voters.

Example Sentences

"Charming and funny as he was in small groups, he was no glad-hander, backslapper, or baby-kisser."
"He was more comfortable behind the scenes, he admitted, writing articles, drafting speeches for others. “I don't really have what it takes to be a hand-shaker or a baby-kisser,” he said."
"Unlike Charlie—hat-tipper, baby-kisser, favorite brother in a family of brothers—Drew was a loner by nature."

Inflected Forms

baby-kissers (plural) babykisser (alternative) baby kisser (alternative)

Questions

What does baby-kisser mean?: One who kisses babies, especially a male politician who does so to ingratiate himself with female voters.

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