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daddy Definition

daddy (dadē)

noun pl. -·dies

Informal father; dad

Etymology: see dad

daddy Usage Examples

Possessives

  • girl: A daddy's girl in more ways then most would guess.

Converse of object

  • tell: Tell my brother not to cry, mom, Tell daddy to be brave.
  • think: Think daddy long legs with longer, thicker, yellower legs.
  • say: At home you'd be able to ignore it and say hello daddy long legs.
  • get: Will you get daddy to take a picture of you in your pretty shoes for me?
  • see: I want my children to see daddy 's work.
  • do: Cartoon on slide showing little boy asking mother: " Mommy, where do daddies come from?

Adjective modifier

  • big: Please click on the links to go to the pages about big voodoo daddy.
  • old: Such tasks would almost certainly fall to dependable old Daddy once the novelty had worn off.
  • own: Even Simon's own daddy doesn't like him.
  • new: TomTom Go 910 Sat Nav The new Daddy on the market!
  • good: They have called Jay the best Daddy in the world.
  • rich: A scheme is hatched to kidnap the girl and demand a ransom from her rich daddy.

Modifies a noun

  • longlegs: Once these are gone then comes the daddy longlegs.
  • cool: Recent News Boardroom bully to daddy cool in just 20 minutes!
  • moment: Actually, we had a proud daddy moment in the shop when she added 12 and 12 and got 24.
  • god: People who are exactly the same as we are and not angels, devils, gods or big daddy god himself.

Noun used with modifier

  • sugar: With their own Russian sugar daddy they haven't turned into a South Coast Chelsea.
  • ma: And ah felt sad for a moment as ah thought of the deid flesh of ma daddy, lyin alone in the cold church.
  • cat: In article, " cat daddy " wrote: " OmManiPadmeOmelet " wrote in message.. .
daddy Quotes

Are you lost daddy I arsked tenderly. Shut up he explained.

—Lardner, Ring(old Wilmer)

Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.

—Plath, Sylvia

But Oedipus he had the luck For when he hit the ground He bounced up like a jackinabox And knocked his Daddy down.

—Hughes,Ted (Edward James)

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