daddy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Father.
  2. A perfect example, a role model.
  3. A male lover.
  4. A sexually attractive man, particularly—but not exclusively—a father or an older man.
  5. An informal term of address for a man.
  6. A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
  7. A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
  8. A stage manager.
  9. The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
  10. An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent raffle or lottery.
  11. The man in charge of a casual ward, generally an elderly pauper.
verb
  1. To father; to sire.
adj
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dad.
name
  1. One's father.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

daddy daddies daddie daddying daddied daddier daddiest

Etymology

From dad + -y (diminutive suffix).

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