babysit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
To watch or tend a thing or process without normally intervening in it, e.g. as a precaution should an emergency happen.
To watch or attend anything or anyone more closely than ought to be needed; to have to help or coax too much.

/ˈbeɪ.bi.sɪt/ en-us-babysit.ogg

babysit babysits babysitting babysat babysitted baby-sit

Back-formation from babysitter.

childsit coddle

babysitter catsit dogsit housesit

birdysit

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