caddy

• caddie

• IPA^(key): /ˈkædi/
• Rhymes: -ædi
• Homophones: cattie, catty (in dialects with flapping)

From Scots caddie, from the French cadet.

caddy (plural caddies)

1. (golf) One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.

   "Caddy, pass me my five iron."

caddy (third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying, simple past and past participle caddied)

1. (intransitive, golf) To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc.

   I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.

From Malay kati.

caddy (plural caddies)

1. A small box, can, or chest to keep things in.
2. A movable tray or other mechanism for holding, securing, and transporting a removable component within a piece of machinery or equipment, i.e. a DVD caddy

• desk caddy
• tea caddy

• “caddy” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
• “caddie” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Borrowed from English caddy.

• IPA^(key): /ka.di/

caddy m (plural caddies or caddys)

1. (golf) caddy
   • 2016, Nora Roberts, Crime en fête.

     – […] Et puis j'ai discuté avec son caddy.

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2. golf cart
3. supermarket trolley
   • 2013, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Délivrance. La troisième enquête du département V.

     La seule incursion féminine dans le sous-sol ce matin-là fut celle d'Yrsa, traînant bruyamment son caddy de supermarché.

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• “caddy” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).