Definitions for baby-sitter

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ba′by-sit`(v.)-sat, -sit•ting.

or ba′by•sit`

  1. (v.i.)to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.

  2. (v.t.)to baby-sit for (a child).

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. to take watchful responsibility for; tend:

    to baby-sit a car.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of baby-sit:

1945–50

ba′by-sit`ter(n.)

ba′by•sit`ter(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter(noun)

    a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home


Translations for baby-sitter

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

baby-sitter(noun)

to remain in a house to look after a child while its parents are out

She baby-sits for her friends every Saturday.

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