Newborn (4 letters)

{ Answer }

BABY

{ Related Clues }

1983 Maltby/Shire musical
"And down will come ___ . . . "
Milt Gross's "Nize ___"
Kind of buggy or grand
One often needing a change
Word with boom or tooth
Pebbles, e.g., on "The Flintstones"
"And ___ makes three"
Diaper wearer
Stork's delivery
One on the bottle, perhaps
Treat tenderly
Brice's Snooks
Term of endearment
Sitter's charge
"My Melancholy ___"
Word with face or fat
Pamper
Buggy rider
Humor
Mollycoddle
Infant
Coddle
"Rosemary's ___"
Broadway musical: 1983
Treat delicately
Snooks or blue
Type of boom
Kind of carriage

{ Tags }

baby, boom, brices, broadway, buggy, come, grand, infant, kind, makes, maltbyshire, mollycoddle, musical, newborn, pamper, snooks, snookums, three, treat, word, 1983

{ Notes }

The answer BABY is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.

{ Definition }

BABY as a noun:

1. (baby, babe, infant) = a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?"

2. (baby, sister) = (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

3. a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"

4. the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"

5. (child, baby) = an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"

6. a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is his baby"

BABY as a verb:

1. (pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge) = treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"