daddy

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: dăd'i, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈdædi/ Rhymes: -ædi Hyphenation: dad‧dy === Etymology 1 === The noun is probably derived from dad (although this word is attested later) + -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== daddy (plural daddies) (informal) (usually childish) Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. Synonyms: da, dad, dada, pa, papa, pop; see also Thesaurus:father Coordinate terms: ma; mama; mom, mum; mommy, mummy; see also Thesaurus:mother (by extension) Often in the form the daddy of: the most important or influential man in a field or group; a doyen. (slang, dated) Chiefly used as a term of address: a man who is not one's father, often but not necessarily older than oneself. (BDSM) Often used as a term of address: a dominant male sexual partner. (LGBTQ slang) An older masculine sexual partner, especially one who is more sexually dominant; specifically, one who prefers younger partners. (originally prison slang) A dominant partner in a homosexual relationship; especially one who provides protection to a more vulnerable inmate. (US, in early use chiefly African-American Vernacular) A husband; also, a woman's (often older) male lover; (generally) a sexually attractive man; a hunk. (sexually attractive man): Synonyms: DILF; see also Thesaurus:beautiful man Hyponyms: baby daddy, mack daddy, shadow daddy, sugar daddy (figurative) Often in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic. Often in the form the daddy of: the most significant of a number of things; a perfect example. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar the daddy of them all (prison slang) A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory, or a male prisoner in a prison, who dominates other inmates through threats and violence. (slang, obsolete) A man who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father. (slang, obsolete) A man in charge of a casual ward (“the section of a workhouse where itinerants and tramps could be accommodated for one night”), generally an elderly pauper. (crime, slang, obsolete) An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent lottery or raffle. (theater, slang, obsolete) A stage manager. ===== Alternative forms ===== daddie (chiefly Scotland) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== da dad dada ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== daddy (third-person singular simple present daddies, present participle daddying, simple past and past participle daddied) (transitive, chiefly Appalachia) To father (a child); to beget, to sire. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From dad + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’). ==== Adjective ==== daddy (comparative daddier, superlative daddiest) (chiefly in the superlative, informal, uncommon) Characteristic of or resembling a dad or father. Synonyms: fatherlike, fatherly, paternal Coordinate term: mommy ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === father on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [John Camden Hotten] (1860), “DADDY”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], 2nd edition, London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 127. “daddy n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.