Meaning of Daddy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One's father.
   childish, colloquial
2. Father.
   childish, usually
3. A perfect example, a role model.
   informal
4. A male lover.
   informal
5. A sexually attractive man, particularly—but not exclusively—a father or an older man.
   slang, vulgar
6. An informal term of address for a man.
   dated, slang
7. A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
8. A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
   slang
9. A stage manager.
   obsolete, slang
10. The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
    obsolete, slang
11. An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent raffle or lottery.
    obsolete, slang
12. The man in charge of a casual ward, generally an elderly pauper.
    obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“the daddy of them all”

“[Norman Mailer] was, though, absolutely the daddy of faction, his novels or journalism reporting every conflict from 1939 to Iraq and biographising Americans including John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and Neil Armstrong.”

“She looked at me with that familiar desire Her eyes lit up like they were on fire She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track, But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back, So if you want to have fun in this man's land, Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."”

“Rock 'n' roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!”

“The guy I've been dating offered to do bondage with me, and I was like "Yes please, daddy."”

“The very attractive Daddy-type in the harness and cap.”

“However, what is of interest is that it is clear that the staff have to use the prisoners to run the borstal and thus do not object to, or try to control the inmate subculture that produces 'daddies', violence, sexual assault and racism, […]”

“The daddies were the chaps of the old borstal system, leaders who had clawed their way to the top of the borstal food chain by showing gameness and the ability and willingness to inflict serious violence on their fellow detainees.”

“Jenny's voice broke. “Daddy told me that she and Joey, my baby brother, were killed when I was two.””

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