Babysit
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbeɪbi:.sɪt/
Alternative forms
Origin
Back-formation from {{3}}
Full definition of babysit
Verb
- To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.
- 2012, May 27, Nathan Rabin, TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block†(season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992), Bart eventually gets Laura to babysit while Homer and Marge eat at the Sea Captain’s all-you-can-eat seafood joint, The Frying Dutchman.
- To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.