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baby bump

noun

: the enlarged abdomen of a pregnant woman

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The couple announced the news on Instagram in a photo that features them standing in front of their Christmas tree as McGarry holds onto Wallace's growing baby bump. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025 In the photos, Brooke posed alongside her family and friends in a gray cardigan and a floor-length, red-and-white plaid skirt, exposing her growing baby bump. Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 The heartwarming clip, shared on Tuesday under the username @shelby_salmela, shows the small pup sitting on her owner’s lap, head-butting her baby bump and rubbing her face all over it, as if already crazy in love with her little sister. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025 The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show started with a baby bump. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025 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 30 Nov. 2025.

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