daddy
/ˈdædi/ noun, verb, adjective, proper noun
Forms daddies daddying daddied daddier daddiest daddie
- noun (usually childish) Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
- noun Often in the form the daddy of: the most important or influential man in a field or group; a doyen.
- noun (slang, dated) Chiefly used as a term of address: a man who is not one's father, often but not necessarily older than oneself. “Rock ’n’ roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!”
- noun (BDSM) Often used as a term of address: a dominant male sexual partner. “The guy I’ve been dating offered to do bondage with me, and I was like “Yes please, daddy.””
- noun (LGBTQ slang) An older masculine sexual partner, especially one who is more sexually dominant; specifically, one who prefers younger partners.
- noun (originally prison slang) A dominant partner in a homosexual relationship; especially one who provides protection to a more vulnerable inmate.
- noun (US, in early use chiefly African-American Vernacular) A husband; also, a woman's (often older) male lover; (generally) a sexually attractive man; a hunk.
- noun Often in the form the daddy of: the most significant of a number of things; a perfect example. “the daddy of them all”
- verb (transitive, chiefly Appalachia) To father (a child); to beget, to sire.
- adjective (chiefly in the superlative, informal, uncommon) Characteristic of or resembling a dad or father.
- proper noun (colloquial, childish) One's father.
Synonyms
da dad dada pa papa pop ayr ba baba daddio father fatherling governor old man pap papa bear papaw pappaw pappy pater pappa
Etymology
The noun is probably derived from dad (although this word is attested later) + -y (diminutive suffix).
The verb is derived from the noun.
From dad + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
Webster’s 1913
- noun Diminutive of Dad. Dryden.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “daddy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details