Babbitt

Word BABBITT
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈbæbɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Babbitt"

What do we mean by babbitt?

Short for babbitt metal, Babbitt metal (“a soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction”).

To get shot by security guards at a government building. Inspired by Ashli Babbitt, a Stop the Steal Capital insurgent who tried to break through a barricaded door at the US Capital and was shot dead for it. Urban Dictionary

A Babbit is a short South American creature under 5 feet tall commonly has blonde hair and is very very silly Urban Dictionary

Adj. anti-dank Urban Dictionary

Taking a hot load to the neck. Urban Dictionary

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The word "babbitt" in example sentences

Tin forms an important part of many alloys such as babbitt, Britannia metal, bronze, gun metal and bearing metals. ❋ Harold P. Manly (N/A)

By day you struggle with the German for "babbitt-lined bearing" (Weißmetallfutterlager, of course), by night you worry how you'll pay the bills. ❋ Phil Daoust (2010)

The segments that partly envelop the cross-head pin and crank-pin, and are section lined in two directions, producing crossing section lines, or small squares, show that the brasses are lined with babbitt metal, which is represented by this kind of cross-hatching. ❋ Joshua Rose (N/A)

Innumerable proportions of metals are marketed under the name of babbitt. ❋ Harold P. Manly (N/A)

_Tin_ is the principal part of _babbitt_ and _solder_. ❋ Harold P. Manly (N/A)

But if you have no extra plug you must remove the first one and refill it with babbitt. ❋ James H. Maggard (N/A)

A commonly used babbitt is composed of 89 per cent tin, 8 per cent antimony and 3 per cent of copper. ❋ Harold P. Manly (N/A)

The father of the officer, Lieut. Ross, was a babbitt manufacturer in Leicester; he had been a very few months in business when the war broke out. ❋ Unknown (1919)

Roughly a third of the tin consumed within the United States goes into tin-plate, a third into solder and babbitt metal, and a third into miscellaneous uses. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Next in importance is its use in the making of solder and of babbitt or bearing metal. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Over one-third of the antimony consumed in the United States is alloyed with tin and copper in the manufacture of babbitt or bearing-metal. ❋ Unknown (1915)

In the dozen years following Mr. Porter built many engines with certain common characteristics -- i.e., high piston speed and revolutions, solid engine bed, and babbitt-metal bearings; but there was no electric driving until 1880, when Mr. Porter installed a high-speed engine for Edison at his laboratory in Menlo Park. ❋ Unknown (1910)

I had never seen one, and did not know how it worked, with the result that we soon burned up the babbitt metal in the bearings and spent a good part of the night getting them in order. ❋ Unknown (1910)

"That's a nut you ought to remember now it works on the babbitt of the counter-shaft" -- or something of the kind -- "and you must see to it regular." ❋ Lloyd Osbourne (1907)

There seems to be much less wear between cast-iron and babbitt metal than between bronze and babbitt metal. ❋ Unknown (1902)

I have a 1928 book by Boswall that lays out all the differential equations solving enough of them to give engineers some real confidence for designing bearings that could carry such high unit loads that thick babbitt would deform and fail.

Poured and hand scraped babbitt bearings were really old machine technology back into the 19th century.

The value of babbitt with respect to its ability to embed particles that would otherwise cause crankshaft wear was still important to many mechanics.

"Had they actually gotten within [touching] [distance], they should all have been Babbittized." -- Namegoeshere on [Fark] ❋ HumanistsFTW (2021)

All [Hail] [King] Babbitt ❋ Colin Mooney (2018)

Guy: (holding [dead rat]) Check this out! Girl: That is some [babbitt] [ass shit].. ❋ Lil Mamaaaaaa (2008)

He [pulled out] and [hit me in] [the neck] with a huge ashli babbitt. ❋ Director Bullock (2021)

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