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daddy

[ dad-ee ]

noun

plural daddies.
  1. Informal. a diminutive of dad 1.
  2. Slang. sugar daddy.
  3. Slang. an affectionate or familiar term of address to a boyfriend or male romantic partner, especially if he is older.


verb (used with object)

daddied, daddying.
  1. Chiefly Appalachian. to father or sire.

daddy

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. an informal word for father
  2. the daddy slang.
    the supreme or finest example

    the daddy of them all

  3. slang.
    the dominant male in a group; boss; top man
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daddy1

First recorded in 1490–1500; dad 1 + -y 2
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. daddy of all, Informal. the greatest or most notable example of:

    the daddy of all motorcycles.

More idioms and phrases containing daddy

see big daddy ; granddaddy of them all ; sugar daddy .
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Example Sentences

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"She's always with us. And she's going to be there helping daddy."

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are the odds that Luke would randomly buy a salvaged droid that just so happened to be on the lam from his own daddy?

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I wanted to travel the world, and I wanted to fill up the daddy well, and, you know, really spend time with my kids and make up for lost time.

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All she understands at the moment is that her daddy is sick.

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Between this show and “The Mandalorian,” Pascal weathered a season of queasy daddy fantasizing in the pop culture discourse, and it would be foolish to bet against that nonsense's resurgence.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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