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BABYSITTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does babysitting mean?
• BABYSITTING (noun)
The noun BABYSITTING has 1 sense:
1. the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home
Familiarity information: BABYSITTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
baby sitting; babysitting
Hypernyms ("babysitting" is a kind of...):
aid; attention; care; tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)
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