different between babysit vs babysat

English

Alternative forms

• baby-sit

Etymology

Back-formation from babysitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?bi.s?t/

Verb

babysit (third-person singular simple present babysits, present participle babysitting, simple past and past participle babysat)

1. 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.
2. (transitive, informal) 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.

   • 2016, Christopher Vasey, Nazi Intelligence Operations in Non-Occupied Territories (page 175)

     It was observed by the FBI personnel assigned to “babysit” agent Tricycle that his egregiously excessive spending was causing unwanted attention […]

Translations

Danish

Verb

babysit

1. imperative of babysitte

English

Verb

babysat

1. simple past tense and past participle of babysit