as in to watch
to take care of a child while the child's parents are away
She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.
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Recent Examples of babysit
Did Ed Gein actually babysit children?
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Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
In October 1953, 14-year-old Evelyn Hartley went missing in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, after she had been hired to babysit the 20-month-old daughter of a man named Viggo Rasmussen, and was never seen again.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Bobby Bones is about to be a dad — and his co-host is already offering to babysit for free.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
One day the girl went to Wright’s home to babysit his children, but the kids were not there.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
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Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
In October 1953, 14-year-old Evelyn Hartley went missing in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, after she had been hired to babysit the 20-month-old daughter of a man named Viggo Rasmussen, and was never seen again.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Bobby Bones is about to be a dad — and his co-host is already offering to babysit for free.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
One day the girl went to Wright’s home to babysit his children, but the kids were not there.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
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Imagine, for a moment, being back in 1968, watching three NASA astronauts on their way home to Earth after orbiting the moon for Apollo 8.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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That that has to be paid upfront before watching any live TV at all is a source of routine controversy.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Really, the album is about tiring of mothering men who are great in bed but lack crucial social skills.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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She was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona, 26 and father Tony, 25, with two other siblings Pork Stew and Sweet Pork at the zoo in Chonburi, NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, reported.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Outside the woods the whole world babied her.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Babysit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysit. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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