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Antonyms for daddy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dad-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæd i



Definition of daddy

Origin :
  • c.1500, colloquial diminutive of dad, with -y (3). Daddylonglegs is from 1814; daddy-o is first recorded 1949, from bop talk.
  • As in papa : noun father
  • As in dad : noun father
  • As in father : noun male person who begets children
Example sentences :
  • But daddy's attentions were for few, and not to be lightly received.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I don't know why I never thought of royalties since Daddy went.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It's an inheritance from Daddy, this concentrating with all my might on one thing at a time.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • You're the thief—Levi West—you come here and stole my daddy from me ye did.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Besides, he feared the rod of the monks, or his daddy, if he remained.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Daddy had a good deal of that in his business, being in a mining country.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • And I do, from being so much with daddy in the office and hearing him talk shop.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • He then ran away with her, and back to his own daddy's cave.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Why, on my word, if your daddy had his way, I wouldn't be anywhere.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • You don't suppose your daddy's receiving callers yet, is he?
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

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