Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to babbitt
Participle: babbitted
Gerund: babbitting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | babbitt |
| you | babbitt |
| he;she;it | babbitts |
| we | babbitt |
| you | babbitt |
| they | babbitt |
Perfect
| I | have babbitted |
| you | have babbitted |
| he;she;it | has babbitted |
| we | have babbitted |
| you | have babbitted |
| they | have babbitted |
Past
| I | babbitted |
| you | babbitted |
| he;she;it | babbitted |
| we | babbitted |
| you | babbitted |
| they | babbitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had babbitted |
| you | had babbitted |
| he;she;it | had babbitted |
| we | had babbitted |
| you | had babbitted |
| they | had babbitted |
Future
| I | will babbitt |
| you | will babbitt |
| he;she;it | will babbitt |
| we | will babbitt |
| you | will babbitt |
| they | will babbitt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have babbitted |
| you | will have babbitted |
| he;she;it | will have babbitted |
| we | will have babbitted |
| you | will have babbitted |
| they | will have babbitted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | babbitt |
| you | babbitt |
| he;she;it | babbitt |
| we | babbitt |
| you | babbitt |
| they | babbitt |
Perfect
| I | have babbitted |
| you | have babbitted |
| he;she;it | have babbitted |
| we | have babbitted |
| you | have babbitted |
| they | have babbitted |
Imperfect
| I | babbitted |
| you | babbitted |
| he;she;it | babbitted |
| we | babbitted |
| you | babbitted |
| they | babbitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had babbitted |
| you | had babbitted |
| he;she;it | had babbitted |
| we | had babbitted |
| you | had babbitted |
| they | had babbitted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would babbitt |
| you | would babbitt |
| he;she;it | would babbitt |
| we | would babbitt |
| you | would babbitt |
| they | would babbitt |
Perfect
| I | would have babbitted |
| you | would have babbitted |
| he;she;it | would have babbitted |
| we | would have babbitted |
| you | would have babbitted |
| they | would have babbitted |
Imperative
| you | babbitt |
| we | Let's babbitt |
| you | babbitt |
Verbs conjugated like 'babbitt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'babbitt'
babbit,
bobbitt,
absist,
abutt,
babble,
babify,
babysit,
backbite,
bait,
bandit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is derived from Babbitt, the surname of the American inventor Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862) who invented the alloy.
2. The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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The main bearings were babbitted and line-bored.
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The caps for these journal-boxes or bearings may be Babbited by this same jig, and they would, of course, exactly conform to the other portions of the bearings in the frame. […] This drilling jig is a negative of the interior of the frame. It has two sets of bearings, c d and e f, which are at right angles to each other, and which set in the longitudinal and transverse bearings that have been made and "Babbited" in the cast frame, and thus steady and hold it. [1867 October 29, John Underwood, Improved Babbitting and Drilling Jig, US Patent 0070294 (PDF version), page 1:]
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These bearings, with their caps, are babbitted with metal of the finest quality, a jig representing the shafting being used to locate and regulate the proportion of the bearing precisely. [1872, “[Claims for the Gold Medal for 1870. Second Department.] Statement of Linforth, Kellogg & Co., of San Francisco.”, in Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society during the Years 1870 and 1871, volume III, Sacramento, Calif.: T. A. Springer, →OCLC, page 145:]
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The work of babbitting bearings offers considerable opportunity for the use of different forms of fixtures that are capable of making a material increase in the efficiency with which this operation can be carried on. [1912 June, J. A. H. Phillips, “Forms of Babbitting Fixtures”, in Wood Craft: A Journal of Woodworking, […], Cleveland, Oh.: Gardner Print Co., →OCLC:]
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The common way may be described as babbitting one-half of the bearing at a time: then by means of pasteboard liners between the halves, making the other half complete. […] It takes half the time required to babbitt the bearings in halves. [1920 July, R. C. Leibe, “A Quick Way to Babbitt”, in Waldemar Kaempffert, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 97, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Modern Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 98, column 2:]
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To babbitt any kind of box, first chip out all of the old babbitt and clean the shaft and box thoroughly with benzine. […] In babbitting a solid box cover the shaft with paper, draw it smooth and tight, and fasten the lapped ends with mucilage. [2015, Fred D. Crawshaw, E[mil] W. Lehmann, Byron D[avid] Halsted, James H. Stephenson, Ultimate Guide to Farm Mechanics: A Practical How-to Guide for the Farmer, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 600:]