lullabies

Variant of lullaby

lullaby definition

lulla·by (lul′ə bī′)

noun pl. lullabies -·bies′

  1. a song for lulling a baby to sleep; cradlesong
  2. music for this

Etymology: < lulla (< ME), echoic + -by, as in bye-bye

transitive verb lullabied -·bied′, lullabying -·by′·ing

to lull with or as with a lullaby

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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