baby-sit

English

Alternative forms

babysit

Etymology

Compound of baby + sit.

Pronunciation

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Verb

baby-sit (third-person singular simple present baby-sits, present participle baby-sitting, simple past and past participle baby-sat)

1. To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
2. To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.

   He left me to baby-sit the new guy while he got some work done.

Related terms

• baby-sitter

Translations

To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money

• Finnish: olla lapsenvahtina, olla lapsenlikkana

• Japanese: 子守する (ja) (こもりする, komori suru)

To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely

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• Icelandic: gæta krakka