daddy

noun

ˈda-dē How to pronounce daddy (audio)
Definition of daddynext
1
as in dad
a male human parent I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish

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2
as in ancestor
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours

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Recent Examples of daddy His daddy Jesse was a Yankee favorite right-fielder from 1989-92. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026 Marcus chooses this, of all nights, to invite his father and thus his daddy issues into the restaurant. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 Her Instagram shows mostly Hamrick herself, with an occasional shot of her eighty-two-year-old baby daddy and their towheaded nine-year-old, whose set of lips resembles his father’s. — Bob Morris, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Vegas is full of bachelor parties, drag revues, Elvis impersonators, wedding chapels, showgirls, leather daddies, casino grandmas, and enough sequins to blind Liberace. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for daddy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddy
  1. dad
  2. ancestor
  3. father
  4. forerunner
  5. precursor
Noun
  • Indi Star plays Violet Angel, who grew up on a farm and recently suffered a head injury due to a fall on her dad’s tractor, which leads to some comically forgetful moments.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • The Goodfellas actor is also dad to Drena, 54; Raphael, 49; 30-year-old twins Julian and Airyn; Elliot, 28; and Helen, 14, all from previous relationships.
    — Adrianne Reece, InStyle, 31 July 2026
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  • At some point in the mid-1850s, the river Padma suddenly carved a new path through the village of his ancestors in modern-day Bangladesh, flooding their homes and scattering them across the Indian subcontinent.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • All across the United States, federal soldiers rounded up our Native American ancestors like cattle, pushing them into prison camps, many of which later became reservations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of ancestor
Noun
  • Nessie is a native Londoner born to a Singaporean mother and an Egyptian father.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2026
  • As someone who fed on emotion and belonging throughout his career, Keegan had always felt the pull of Newcastle United, the club of his father.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
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  • Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • One of the forerunners today in Madeira and the Azores is António Maçanita from Azores Wine Company.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of forerunner
Noun
  • And their precursor is the legendary berry cake from Phoenix Bakery in Chinatown.
    — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • This seems like a logical precursor to a fund of funds and/or exchange product that allows for more real-time trading, akin to ETFs on public markets.
    — Alexander S. Blume, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
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