daddy

noun

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dad·dy | \ ˈda-dē

plural daddies

Definition of daddy

1 : father sense 1a

2 : granddaddy sense 2

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Synonyms for daddy

Synonyms

dad,
father,
old man,
pa,
papa
(also poppa),
pater
[chiefly British],
pop,
sire

Examples of daddy in a Sentence

I stopped calling my father “Daddy” because I thought it sounded childish. Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours.

Recent Examples on the Web Her good daddy had turned out to be a horrible nightmare abuser, and now he’s been replaced by a horrible nightmare monster. — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021 Nason and Furst also witnessed first-hand the dynamic between the couple, in which DeAnne acts like the ditz to Mark’s daddy. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 30 Aug. 2021 Shock, disbelief, horror, sadness, sorrow, anger and grief...Please say some extra prayers of comfort for his mama/daddy and sisters. — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2021 At the time, the pair announced their daughter's arrival via UNICEF — the couple are Goodwill Ambassadors for the charity — sharing a black and white image of their little one grasping her daddy's finger while Perry held onto her newborn's wrist. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2021 Mongal is Mongul’s daughter, who, like daddy, is super-strong and hard to injure. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2021 Practicing for those eventualities aboard a Dragon requires a whole new kind of training, because by any measure, the new ship is not your daddy’s spacecraft. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Aug. 2021 Practicing for those eventualities aboard a Dragon requires a whole new kind of training, because by any measure, the new ship is not your daddy’s spacecraft. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Aug. 2021 So the Cuomosexual is dead, and with it, the fantasy that the Governor conjured on television: the tough and tender protector, the daddy/lover/head of state who will save us from both COVID-19 and Donald Trump. — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2021

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