Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: daddy
IPA transcription: [d'ædi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop
    Meaning: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Usage examples
  • Daddy Jap.
  • 'And daddy's got to go to Scotland.
  • 'Dear daddy, let the poor old men sleep here to-night, do--to please me.'
  • I was too young to recollect you myself; but I've heard daddy talk about you many a time.
  • "Now I know you're the very chap, for I heard daddy tell that very thing about the half bullet.
  • Daddy came right back into the house and called up the men who had put in the new shiny tin gutters.
  • As the Green Man entered, Daddy Mathieu had started violently; but visibly mastering himself he said:
  • As Daddy walked out of the front gate, he turned to wave good-bye to Mama and Marcella and then he saw something.
  • All day Sunday it rained and all of Sunday night, and Monday morning when Daddy started to work it was still raining.
  • Old Daddy Jim and Mammy had been detailed by Mr. Mayfield to keep an unsuspected watch on the little nestlings, and were to sleep at the house.