different between babysit vs birdsit

babysit

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

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birdsit

English

Etymology

From bird +? sit.

Verb

birdsit (third-person singular simple present birdsits, present participle birdsitting, simple past and past participle birdsat)

  1. To babysit for (take care of) a bird.

Synonyms

  • birdysit

Anagrams

  • Distrib.

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