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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkædi/
- Rhymes: -ædi
- Homophones: cattie, catty (in dialects with flapping)
Audio (UK) (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Scots caddie, from the French cadet. Doublet of cadet, caudillo, and capitellum.
Noun[edit]
caddy (plural caddies)
Translations[edit]
one hired to assist another in playing the game of golf
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Verb[edit]
caddy (third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying, simple past and past participle caddied)
- (intransitive, golf) To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc.
- I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
Translations[edit]
to serve as a caddy
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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Malay kati, a weight.
Noun[edit]
caddy (plural caddies)
- A small box, can, or chest to keep things in.
- 1990, The Washingtonian (volume 25, page 121)
- A sauce caddy brought with the tacos offers a choice of salsa cruda, a thin puree of tomatillos, and an emulsion of red chilies.
- 2019, Nancy E. Davis, The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America:
- The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in America.
- 1990, The Washingtonian (volume 25, page 121)
- A movable tray or other mechanism for holding, securing, and transporting a removable component within a piece of machinery or equipment.
- Place the disc in the DVD caddy.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “caddy” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
- “caddie” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caddy m (plural caddies or caddys)
- (golf) caddy
- 2016, Nora Roberts, Crime en fête.
- – […] Et puis j'ai discuté avec son caddy.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2016, Nora Roberts, Crime en fête.
- golf cart
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2013, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Délivrance. La troisième enquête du département V.
Further reading[edit]
- “caddy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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