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Caddy

//ˈkædi// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.

    "Call Caddy and tell her to meet us at six o'clock."

Noun
  1. 1
    A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea. also, attributive

    "The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in America."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of caddie (“a person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice”). also, alt-of, alternative, attributive

    "Caddy, pass me my five iron."

  3. 3
    A Cadillac car. US, informal

    "She pulled up in a shiny black Caddy at six o'clock."

  4. 4
    a can for storing tea wordnet
  5. 5
    A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in. broadly

    "A sauce caddy brought with the tacos offers a choice of salsa cruda, a thin puree of tomatillos, and an emulsion of red chilies."

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  1. 6
    A small lidded bin for food waste. broadly
  2. 7
    A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component. broadly

    "Place the disc in the DVD caddy."

  3. 8
    A lightweight wheeled cart; specifically, one attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child, or pulled by hand and used to transport groceries away from a shop. broadly
Verb
  1. 1
    Chiefly followed by for: alternative spelling of caddie (“to serve as a caddy (noun sense) for a golfer”) intransitive

    "I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game."

  2. 2
    act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

An alteration of catty (“(unit of) weight used in China, equivalent to 1⅓ pounds avoirdupois (about 0.605 kilograms)”), borrowed from Malay kati (“weight used in China, Indonesia, and Japan”), from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi, “measure of weight; clod, lump”), from கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to coagulate, congeal, or consolidate (into a concretion); to harden”).

Etymology 2

A variant of caddie (etymology 1).

Etymology 3

A variant of caddie (etymology 1).

Etymology 4

From Cadillac + -y.

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