baby shower

noun

US
: a party at which gifts are given to a woman who is pregnant

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For instance, when a daughter gets worried that a big pickleball tournament is happening at the same time as her baby shower, mom isn’t concerned all. William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026 The loss came less than a week after the family had celebrated a baby shower. Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 9 May 2026 My mother threw her a baby shower. Jennifer Acker, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026 Four years later, an Instagram post from her documented the couple’s baby shower, which was full of the creative details the social media influencer’s followers had come to expect. Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for baby shower

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“Baby shower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20shower. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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