daddy

[dad-ee] /ˈdæd i/

noun, plural daddies.

a diminutive of dad¹ .

verb (used with object), daddied, daddying.

Chiefly Appalachian. to father or sire.

Origin

1490-1500; dad¹ + -y²

Examples from the web for daddy

As statues of daddy and grandpa were common in the corner of any proper house, many survive today.
It is not occupied by sweet moral scientists who pay for their research out of daddy's wealthy earnings.
They were also much more understanding when daddy had to close his home-office door and work.
daddy will always pick him as his successor over the moe qualified business school grad.
If daddy and mommy are rich, you get to go to college.
With daddy standing watch and foraging, females can devote more of their energy to actually producing and laying eggs.
Galactic collisions are the grand-daddy of catastrophes, but asteroid impacts are much more common.
Horror is a genre obsessed with the evil daddy-thing.
The daddy water bug fiercely protects his eggs and periodically exposes them to air to prevent them from growing mold.
Some are also resorting to an old tradition among ailing newspapers of seeking a sugar-daddy.

British Dictionary definitions for daddy

/ˈdædɪ/

noun (pl) -dies

an informal word for father

(slang, mainly US & Canadian, Austral) the daddy, the supreme or finest example: the daddy of them all

(slang) the dominant male in a group; boss; top man

Word Origin and History for daddy

c.1500, colloquial diminutive of dad, with -y (3). Daddylonglegs is from 1814; daddy-o is first recorded 1949, from bop talk.

Slang definitions & phrases for daddy

noun

A male lover, esp one who keeps a younger mistress; sugar daddy (1920s+ Black)
The most respected man in a field; cynosure; dean: Gary Cooper, the daddy of all cowboys (1901+)

Related Terms

disneyland daddy, ho-dad

Idioms and Phrases with daddy

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