babysit
See also: baby-sit
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Back-formation from babysitter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɪbiː.sɪt/
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Verb
babysit (third-person singular simple present babysits, present participle babysitting, simple past and past participle babysat)
- To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
- My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.
- We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.
- To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
- He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.
Derived terms
Translations
To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money
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To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely
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