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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb act as a baby-sitter.

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  • verb To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
  • verb To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb take watchful responsibility for
  • verb work or act as a baby-sitter

Etymologies

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Compound of baby + sit.

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