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BYE-BYE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bye-bye mean?
• BYE-BYE (noun)
The noun BYE-BYE has 1 sense:
1. a farewell remark
Familiarity information: BYE-BYE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A farewell remark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
adieu; adios; arrivederci; au revoir; auf wiedersehen; bye; bye-bye; cheerio; good-by; good-bye; good day; goodby; goodbye; sayonara; so long
Context example:
they said their good-byes
Hypernyms ("bye-bye" is a kind of...):
farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)
Context examples
No, but I'll save you some little cakies for breakfast, if you'll go bye-bye like Daisy.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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