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caddy
English
Alternative forms
- caddie
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kædi/
- Rhymes: -ædi
- Homophones: cattie, catty (in dialects with flapping)
Etymology 1
From Scots caddie, from the French cadet. Doublet of cadet, caudillo, and capitellum.
Noun
caddy (plural caddies)
- (golf) One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.
- "Caddy, pass me my five iron."
Translations
Verb
caddy (third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying, simple past and past participle caddied)
- (intransitive, golf) To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc.
- I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay kati, a weight.
Noun
caddy (plural caddies)
- A small box, can, or chest to keep things in.
- 1990, The Washingtonian (volume 25, page 121)
- A sauce caddy brought with the tacos offers a choice of salsa cruda, a thin puree of tomatillos, and an emulsion of red chilies.
- 2019, Nancy E. Davis, The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America:
- The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in America.
- 1990, The Washingtonian (volume 25, page 121)
- A movable tray or other mechanism for holding, securing, and transporting a removable component within a piece of machinery or equipment.
- Place the disc in the DVD caddy.
Derived terms
- desk caddy
- tea caddy
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “caddy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “caddie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English caddy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.di/
Noun
caddy m (plural caddies or caddys)
- (golf) caddy
- 2016, Nora Roberts, Crime en fête.
- 2016, Nora Roberts, Crime en fête.
- golf cart
- supermarket trolley
- 2013, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Délivrance. La troisième enquête du département V.
- 2013, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Délivrance. La troisième enquête du département V.
Further reading
- “caddy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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cady
English
Noun
cady (plural cadies)
- Alternative spelling of kady
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