What does "caddy" mean?
A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
Caddy
/ˈkædi/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
- Grammar: caddy is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: assist, attend, bag carrier, caddie.
- Useful contrasts: clutter, disorder, disregard.
- Usage evidence: The golfer gave his caddy some medicine.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 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 A Cadillac car. US, informal
"She pulled up in a shiny black Caddy at six o'clock."
- 4 a can for storing tea wordnet
- 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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- 6 A small lidded bin for food waste. broadly
- 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."
- 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 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 act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
"Call Caddy and tell her to meet us at six o'clock."
Example
"The golfer gave his caddy some medicine."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "caddy"?
Common synonyms include: assist, attend, bag carrier, caddie, carry, chest.
How do you use "caddy" in a sentence?
The golfer gave his caddy some medicine.
How do you pronounce "caddy"?
Pronounced /ˈkædi/.
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
From Cadillac + -y.