US /ˈdæd.i/
noun verb adj name Freq #610

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A father; used especially by or to young children (informal).

    The little girl ran to hug her daddy.

  2. 2
    noun

    A friendly, informal way to address a man (slang).

    "Hey, daddy, where are you headed?" the man called out.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a father; used especially... dadfatherpapa
Word family
Forms daddies
Derived forms baby-daddycrawdaddydaddy-long-legsdaddy-odaddy-ohdaddyhooddaddyishdaddykinsdaddylessgrand-daddygranddaddyhigh-daddy
Related forms dadbod

Etymology

From dad + -y (diminutive suffix).

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