daddy
Meanings
noun
- Father.
- A perfect example, a role model.
- A male lover.
- A sexually attractive man, particularly—but not exclusively—a father or an older man.
- An informal term of address for a man.
- A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
- A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
- A stage manager.
- The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
- An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent raffle or lottery.
- The man in charge of a casual ward, generally an elderly pauper.
verb
- To father; to sire.
adj
- Resembling or characteristic of a dad.
name
- One's father.
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Etymology
From dad + -y (diminutive suffix).
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