daddies
- 1Plural of daddy.
On Saturday morning the playground was full of daddies pushing strollers.
The toddlers waved goodbye to their mommies and daddies at the classroom door.
Note
The spelling follows the rule for a consonant plus y: the y becomes ie before the -s. In a child's voice the plural simply means fathers, but it carries the adult meanings too, from role models and male lovers to, in vulgar slang, attractive older men. Away from family talk, the setting decides which one a listener hears.
- 2Plural of daddie.
On a Saturday in Glasgow the park fills up with daddies and their bairns.
The bairns were lifted up by their daddies to see the pipe band go past.
Note
Scottish writing often spells the singular daddie, but the two spellings meet in the plural, since there is only one way to write more than one. A page full of daddies therefore gives no clue to which singular its writer prefers, and the meanings are those of the everyday plural.
daddies is a form of daddy
daddy, noun: A father, especially as a young child calls him or talks about him. Full entry
- Forms
- daddydaddies plural
- Spelling
- daddy → daddies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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