daddy

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdædi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdædi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dad′ē)

Inflections of 'daddy' (n): npl: daddies
Inflections of 'daddy' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
daddies
v 3rd person singular
daddying
v pres p
daddied
v past
daddied
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dad•dy /ˈdædi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -dies. [Informal.]
  1. father.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dad•dy  (dad′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. 
n. 
  1. a diminutive of dad 1.
  2. Slang TermsSee sugar daddy. 

v.t. 
  1. Dialect Terms[Chiefly Appalachian.]to father or sire.
  • dad1 + -y2 1490–1500

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
daddy /ˈdædɪ/ n ( pl -dies)
  1. an informal word for father
  2. the daddy ⇒ slang chiefly US Canadian Austral the supreme or finest example: the daddy of them all
'daddy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
atavism - crane fly - daddy-longlegs - harvestman - arachnid - big daddy - granddaddy - highdaddy - sugar daddy
Collocations: my daddy is [cool, great], my daddy is the [coolest, best], really [miss, love, hate] my daddy, more...

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