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bye-bye

interjection

  1. a colloquial or informal way to say goodbye or farewell
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /baɪˈbaɪ/ / /ˈbaɪbaɪ/ / /bəˈbaɪ/

intj

Etymology: Reduplication of bye.

  1. Goodbye.

    “Bye bye! Let's play again some time!”

noun

Etymology: Reduplication of bye.

  1. A goodbye.
  2. Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.

    “Brush your teeth, it's time to go bye-bye.”

    “"[H]e came to the gate of the city; and finding it shut lay him down and went to by-by!"”