baby blue

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noun

a very light blue.

baby blues, Informal. a person's blue eyes: His charm lies largely in the way he bats his baby blues.

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Origin of baby blue

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

OTHER WORDS FROM baby blue

baby-blue, adjective

Words nearby baby blue

babushka, Babuyan Islands, baby, baby beef, Baby Bell, baby blue, baby-blue-eyes, baby bond, baby bonus, baby book, baby boom

How to use baby blue in a sentence

Rust peeks through their baby blue paint, while steampunk dials and old-fashioned corporate marques show their Apollo-era origins.
At New York City’s biggest power plant, a switch to clean energy will help a neighborhood breathe easier|Andrew Blum|February 2, 2021|Popular-Science
The wild-eyed young man had hopelessly tangled hair and wore rumpled baby-blue scrubs.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A single white ball arcs up into the baby blue sky before zooming back down to the ground at great speed.
The Girl From Ipanema Is Not Alone: Rio’s Famous Beach Is A Rich, Cultural Kaleidoscope|Brandon Presser|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fair-haired Chris Matthews was in a scary striped number in baby blue and pink.
Forget the Electoral College—Who Won the Battle of the Neckties?|Blake Gopnik|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Paul Dang shows off his incredible yo-yo skills and—perhaps more impressively—rocks a sweet baby blue jacket.
Mayor Bloomberg, Chris Christie, Anderson Cooper and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|July 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Apparently security was watching the throne of baby Blue Ivy.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé: The Birth of Blue Ivy Carter||January 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Susie Billings, minus her khaki and cartridges, looked the picture of demureness in white muslin and baby-blue ribbons.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
Such a dear wee baby, I think you would have called it; so neat and tiny, and with such nice baby-blue eyes.
A Christmas Child|Mrs. Molesworth
It is nothing to do with myself, he conceded, with the spirit of a man looking at her from his baby-blue eyes.
The Wayfarers|Mary Stewart Cutting
And you could make yourself up young with your hair done up in a pigtail, with a cute little baby-blue bow on the end.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham
Mrs. Davis hesitated and rolled her baby-blue eyes at him from under her heavily beaded lashes as she giggled.
Lightnin'|Frank Bacon