noun
pl. -·dies- father; dad: often a child's term of affectionate address
- granddaddy (sense )
Origin of daddy
see dad
A little boy rides on the back of his daddy.
Daddy is defined as an affectionate name for a father.
When you love your father and you want to great him with affection, this is when you might call him daddy.
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daddy
noun
pl. dad·dies InformalA father.
Related Forms:
- dad′dy·ish
adjective
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Proper noun
- One's father.
- I will only do what Daddy says.
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Sentence Examples
- Daddy says I look just like Mom.
- Naughty, naughty, Miss Reagan; mustn't make daddy mad!
- Just as there were supposed to be several Pans and Fauns, so there were many Silenuses, whose father was called Papposilenus ("Daddy Silenus"), represented as completely covered with hair and more animal in appearance.
- "Is this your daddy?" she said, in a voice that showed little practice with children.
- Daddy will take care of you now.
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