Look up: babbitt

1. babbitt
   [v] - line with a Babbitt metal
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2. Babbitt
   A soft antifriction metal used to line bearings. Made of tin, antimony, lead, and copper.
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3. Babbitt
   Satirical novel 1922 by Sinclair Lewis about a Midwestern businessman obsessed with commerce, clubs, and material values. `Babbittry` came to mean a type of...
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4. Babbitt
   Bab'bitt transitive verb To line with Babbitt metal.
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5. babbitt
   verb line with a Babbitt metal
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6. Babbitt
   • (v. t.) To line with Babbitt metal.
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7. Babbitt
   (from the article `Lewis, Sinclair`) In 1922 Lewis published Babbitt, a study of the complacent American whose individuality has been sucked out of him by Rotary clubs, business ideals, ... ...writer with real emotional intensity, Sinclair Lewis was best as a social critic. His onslaughts against the `village virus` (Main Stre...
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8. Babbitt
   Type: Term Pronunciation: bab′it Definitions: 1. Isaac, U.S. inventor, 1799-1862. See: Babbitt metal
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9. Babbitt
   The USS Babbitt was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1918. The USS Babbitt was powered by four oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelv...
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10. Babbitt
    a soft, white, non-ferrous alloy bearing material composed principally of copper, antimony, tin and lead.
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11. Babbitt
    (novel) `Babbitt`, first published in 1922, is a novel by Sinclair Lewis. Largely a satire of American culture, society, and behavior, it critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure on individuals toward conformity. As is indicated in many editions of the book,...
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12. Babbitt
    (metal) `Babbitt`, also called `Babbitt metal` or `bearing metal`, is any of several alloys used for the bearing surface in a plain bearing. The original Babbitt metal was invented in 1839 by pages=305-->--> in Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton, Massachusetts, p=2150-->.--> To deemphasize the te...
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