Mommy
//ˈmɒmi// adj, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Mother. Canada, US, childish, usually
"The only bad-karma-reducing sposie on the market is a new line of biodegradable (meaning here "useless") sposie that won't last through the lightest of baby pees and will force you to change baby approximately once every thirty seconds, thereby completely undoing any so-called karma reduction. Only bad mommies use sposies."
- 2 informal terms for a mother wordnet
- 3 A sexually attractive mother. vulgar
- 4 Any sexually attractive woman. broadly, slang
- 5 A dominant female partner, often used as an address.
"My girlfriend loves it when I call her mommy."
Verb
- 1 To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone. Canada, US, informal, rare
Adjective
- 1 Characteristic of a mother; motherly. Canada, US, informal, rare
"She is the mommiest of mommies."
Proper Noun
- 1 One's mother Canada, US
"I wish Mommy and Daddy didn't argue so much."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"If you break the clock again, you'll catch it from Mommy."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From mom + -y (diminutive suffix).
Etymology 2
From mom + -y (adjectival suffix).
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