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lullaby(dictionary)

lullaby (iou)



lullaby interjection, noun, & verb. M16.
[formed as LULLA + -by as in BYE-BYE noun, interjection. Cf. hushaby, rock-a-bye.]
A. interjection.
Used to please or pacify a child or to send a child to sleep. (Sometimes preceded by lulla.) M16.
Goodbye, good-night. L16-E17.
b. noun. A song or soothing refrain to pacify or put a child to sleep. L16.
C. verb trans. & intrans. Soothe (a child) with a lullaby; sing (a child) to sleep. L16.