mommy
/ˈmɒm.i/ noun, verb, adjective, proper noun
Also a form of mummy
Forms mommies mommying mommied mommier mommiest
- noun (US, Canada, usually childish) Mother.
- noun (vulgar) A sexually attractive mother.
- noun (slang, by extension) Any sexually attractive woman.
- noun (BDSM) A dominant female partner, often used as a term of address. “My girlfriend loves it when I call her mommy.”
- verb (US, Canada, rare, informal) To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone.
- adjective (US, Canada, rare, informal, chiefly in the superlative) Characteristic of a mother; motherly. “She is the mommiest of mommies.”
- proper noun (Canada, US, chiefly used by young children) One's mother
Synonyms
Etymology
From mom + -y (diminutive suffix).
From mom + -y (adjectival suffix).
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “mommy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details