babbitt

Definition of Babbitt in English :

1. babbitt, babbitt metal

an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction

2. babbitt

line with a Babbitt metal

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Babbitt

noun

US derogatory

a narrow-minded and complacent member of the middle class

verb

(transitive)

to line (a bearing) or face (a surface) with Babbitt metal or a similar soft alloy

Milton Byron1916- ; U.S. composer

noun

1.

Babbitt metal

verb transitive

2.

to line or cover with Babbitt metal

noun

a smugly narrow and conventional person interested chiefly in business and social success; Philistine

n.

A narrow-minded, self-satisfied person with an unthinking attachment to middle-class values and materialism.

American composer whose works, including Vision and Prayer (1961) for soprano and synthesizer, combine serial music and electronic effects.

American humanist and scholar whose New Humanism movement sought to revive interest in classical virtues in literary criticism.