baby shower

noun

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

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Investigators later determined that four gang members confronted rival gang members who were attending a baby shower in the courtyard at the address. Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026 Amal Clooney lent her and her husband George Clooney’s plane when the Duchess flew to New York from London for her baby shower. Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026 Recently, as a host for a lifelong friend’s baby shower, I was tasked with providing breakfast casseroles to the food lineup. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026 The show threw her a baby shower earlier this week. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 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 9 Mar. 2026.

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