baby bump

noun

: the enlarged abdomen of a pregnant woman

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Bared midriffs were everywhere—one woman went so far as to bedazzle her baby bump. Irene Kim, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026 Anne Hathaway bared her baby bump while wearing a frilly black top in Los Angeles on Monday. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026 Hathaway’s footwear served as a colorful complement to a light blue Prabal Gurung top with a dramatic high-low cut and a train, worn with baggy low-rise blue jeans that showed off her baby bump. Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026 For the movie's California premiere, the star, who is pregnant with her third child, looked radiant in a baby-blue mock-neck top featuring a mid-drift hem that perfectly framed her growing baby bump. Morgan Evans, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for baby bump

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baby bump was in 1980

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“Baby bump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20bump. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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