babysitting
Meaning
babysit
- (ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
- (informal, transitive) To watch or tend a thing or process without normally intervening in it, e.g. as a precaution should an emergency happen.
- (informal, transitive) To watch or attend anything or anyone more closely than ought to be needed; to have to help or coax too much.
Synonyms
Translations
garde d’enfant
babysitten
παραμάνα νταντά baby-sitting babysitting
baliaFrequency
Etymology
From babysit + -ing.
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