babysit

Variant of baby-sit

baby-sit definition

☆ baby-sit or babysit baby·sit (bā′bē sit′)

intransitive verb baby-sat -·sat′, baby-sitting -·sit′·ting

to act as a baby sitter

Etymology: back-form. < baby sitter

transitive verb

to baby-sit for (a specified child or children)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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