daddying
SayDAD-ee-ing/ˈdæd.i.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of daddy.
Before he settled down, he was daddying young'uns in three counties.
Daddying a child takes one night; raising one takes the rest of your life.
Note
A verb of Appalachian speech, where daddy can mean to father or sire and takes the offspring as its object: daddying a child, daddying calves. The y of daddy stays before -ing, as it does in carrying. Elsewhere daddy lives almost entirely as a noun, so the verb reads as regional and folksy; fathering is the neutral word for general use.
daddying is a form of daddy
daddy, verb: To become the father of a child, or to sire the young of an animal. Full entry
- Spelling
- daddy → daddying: add -ing
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