daddy

«daddy» in Mova's school dictionary: what young children call their father — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a daddy, daddies) (informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Daddy is what young children call their father. tree →

2) (slang) «The daddy of them all» means the biggest or best one. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life, small children say Daddy; older children usually say Dad. Animals in picture books have «daddy» bears. In the Bible and in prayers, some Christians mention that Jesus called God «Abba», sometimes explained as close to «Daddy».

examples

• Daddy, can you read me a story? tree →
• The baby giraffe walked next to its daddy. tree →
• «Daddy's home!» shouted my little sister. tree →
• This storm is the daddy of them all. tree →
• Daddy Bear had the biggest bowl. tree →
• My daddy works nights. tree →

note

Plural: daddies. Childish and loving; teenagers often say «Dad». Capital D when used as a name: «Hi, Daddy.»

In the corpora

• Long before ancient Britons traded there, he says, Taffy and her Daddy had their home on that down.
• She asks Daddy to make a noise.
• Daddy shows her how to make the drawing simpler and clearer, with the feeler across the mouth.
• Taffy «sat mousy-quiet for ten whole minutes» while her Daddy scratched on birch-bark with a shark's tooth.
• Taffy plans to draw the carp-mouth in the smoke at the back of the Cave, as a surprise for Daddy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «daddy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.