baby sitting

Speech parts

1. baby sitting - Noun

2. baby sitting - Verb

Derived from baby-sit

Meaning

the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home

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Alternative names

baby-sitting

Synonyms

babysitting guard tend watch sit Hansel and Gretel babysit baby-sit sitters baby-sat babysitting service care of children day care for children look after children play nursemaid
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Antonyms

not caring not caring a hoot not caring a thing not giving a hoot not giving two hoots not caring a fig
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Hypernyms

attention care aid tending

Examples

I mean, the whole behind the Baby-Sitters Club—five girls gathering around a landline phone for half an hour, once per week, to field neighborhood baby-sitting requests as a quasi-socialist collective—is just so deeply analog. Source: Internet

And as stated by the German Ambassador the other day, donors are now tired of baby-sitting us. Source: Internet

I try to make time for my grandchild, but it seems that unless I'm baby-sitting, I don't get the same respect and leniency as the other grandmother. Source: Internet

TRP Japan Co., Ltd., an Okinawan company based in Itoman, has started a baby-sitting service for foreign tourists visiting Okinawa. Source: Internet

The job of baby-sitting is also conveniently pushed to the iPad.” Source: Internet

Welfare recipients should be encouraged to volunteer (NOT work for the dole), including baby-sitting for working families, and participate in state-funded research programs (free of charge). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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