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Meaning of babysitting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

babysitting

verb

Definitions

  1. To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

    Example: My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.

  2. To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.

    Example: He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.

noun

Definitions

  1. The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents.