baby face

noun

plural baby faces

1

: a usually rounded face that gives the impression of extreme youth and innocence

2

: a professional wrestler who performs the role of the sympathetic protagonist in a staged wrestling match

Examples of baby face in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The baby face from his Denver days is long gone. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026

Carrington, a 20-year-old guard whose rugged approach to the game belies his baby face, knows that sports fans obsess over streaks. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026

In March, a Turkish expat in Montevideo, Uruguay, spotted that unmistakable baby face recklessly driving a brand-new white Ferrari and caught him on a cell phone video. — Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025

This is a good time to talk about your baby face. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025

During that time, a large and vocal portion of the AEW audience began to boo him relentlessly, despite the fact that he was being booked as one of the company's top baby faces. — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025

With a mop of long brown hair and a baby face belying a killer instinct that soon would be seen across the college football world, 18-year-old Kellen Moore would sit without saying a word in the Boise State quarterback meetings. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1684, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for baby face

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