1
as in dad
a male human parent
I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish
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as in ancestor
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours
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Recent Examples of daddy
Ray seems more playful and fun, dropping his cold daddy demeanor and genuinely taking pleasure in the company of someone who loves him.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Now, he’s evolved into full-time daddy mode, setting off into a quixotic journey to the club in the big city.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
This was a daddy/daughter moment not her and the president.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 10 May 2025
Rihanna’s famous babies’ daddy, A$AP Rocky, served as one of the co-chairs for the event this year.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Now, he’s evolved into full-time daddy mode, setting off into a quixotic journey to the club in the big city.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
This was a daddy/daughter moment not her and the president.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 10 May 2025
Rihanna’s famous babies’ daddy, A$AP Rocky, served as one of the co-chairs for the event this year.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddy
Noun
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Austin shot his dad to protect Georgia and witnessed his mom suffocate Tom.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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First of all, my dad was a big baseball fan and grew up watching the Yankees.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Now is the time to stand up for every American’s First Amendment right to tell their story, to dissent from the government’s world view, to celebrate the resilience and fortitude of ancestors who fought for their rights and their culture in this country.—
John Leguizamo,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
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Names carry the legacy of our ancestors, the history of our culture, and the desires of our parents.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
5 June 2025
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Dobbins cited his father, Lance, being a diehard Red Sox fan when explaining his disdain for the pinstripes.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
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My father, the eldest boy of their four children, left school at eight or nine to help earn money in his father’s absence.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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The forerunner of today’s sleek MacBook laptops was the PowerBook.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
11 June 2025
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Frederick Ashton’s for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (the forerunner of the Royal Ballet) in 1952, with a resplendent Margot Fonteyn in the title role, put the ballet back into the mainstream repertory, though it wasn’t performed by the Royal from the mid-1960s to 2004.—
Roslyn Sulcas,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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By World Health Organization (WHO) standards established in 1994, this designates a person as having osteopenia — often a precursor to osteoporosis.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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Leverton said trends like western, cottagecore, Americana and conservative styles of dress, in general, were precursors to where things were the U.S. presidential election was heading last year.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 May 2025
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Kipyegon first tested concepts at the Nike research lab in Oregon and the team then sent her home with prototypes.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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In 1994, Birkin sold the prototype at an auction for Association Solidarité Sida, a French AIDS charity.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2025
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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