1
as in dad
a male human parent
I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish
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as in ancestor
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours
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Recent Examples of daddy
Cal has daddy issues and a habit of drinking away his self-loathing and disappointments.
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Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
There’s Parisa, who is on the show to find a cat daddy — wait, no!
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Those are some war daddies up front, getting right up in the grill of your quarterback in the pocket.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
The Chiefs head into Sunday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills, which is quarterbacked by Josh Allen (who has been Miami’s daddy his entire seven-year pro career) at the doorstep of becoming the NFL’s first team to three-peat in the modern era of football.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
There’s Parisa, who is on the show to find a cat daddy — wait, no!
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Those are some war daddies up front, getting right up in the grill of your quarterback in the pocket.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
The Chiefs head into Sunday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills, which is quarterbacked by Josh Allen (who has been Miami’s daddy his entire seven-year pro career) at the doorstep of becoming the NFL’s first team to three-peat in the modern era of football.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddy
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The apple of snooty mom Victoria's (Parker Posey) eye, who works the family finance business with his dad Timothy (Jason Isaacs), party-loving pool cretin Saxon is this season's poster boy for misguided masculinity.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Fang Di has spent her entire professional career repaying family debts, those incurred by both her factory-operating mom (Peng Jing) and Tian Tian’s drug-addict dad (Zhou You) back in Chongqing, city of copycat fashion and first-class hotpot.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Then the fire last month destroyed nearly everything inside the house: the handwritten letters from Ms. Edmiston’s father, who was once the mayor of Beverly Hills; a tin menorah that her ancestors brought from Russia and Poland; and, of course, nearly all the cookie jars.—
Corina Knoll,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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In an exclusive clip from the next episode of PBS genealogy series Finding Your Roots, below, host Henry Louis Gates Jr. tells Lynskey the news about her ancestor, and gets a surprising reaction from the Yellowjackets star in return.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Although years have passed since Belle's lies were exposed, Nick — now a father of two — still feels unsettled by his sister's actions, and wants to keep his children away from her.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Long before Golden State star Steph Curry’s first shot of the night swished through the net and hours prior to Seth Curry checking into the game, a proud father beamed with pride in anticipation.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2025
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Equally, it was never considered by bid organizers to be a forerunner in bids to host the 2022 and 2026 men’s World Cup, the latter of which was successful and will be shared next year with Canada and Mexico.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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While Cal State Fullerton isn’t the first campus to launch a Project Rebound program, the university has been among the forerunners in its expansion, becoming a model for Project Rebound programs at the other universities in the CSU system.—
Lou Ponsi,
Orange County Register,
28 Jan. 2025
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Since the inception of the SAG Awards in 1994, only six actors have won the Oscar with SAG as their sole major precursor — and none of them were in lead actor.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Such a filing is typically a precursor to a lawsuit.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Several trials later, her first bioplastic prototypes were born.—
Carly Kay,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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But things changed after Kate Moss was seen with a rare prototype, and Le Dix Motorcycle Lariat, eventually known as Le City bag, came out in 2001.—
Kin Woo,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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