babysitverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈbeɪ.bi.sɪt/us/ˈbeɪ.bi.sɪt/present participle babysitting, past tense and past participle babysat US also sitB1 to take care of someone's baby or child while that person is out, usually by going to the person's home:
I babysit for Jane on Tuesday evenings while she goes to her yoga class.
US UK childmind to take care of other people's children in your own home as a job:
Who babysits them when you're at work?
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Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- adoptive
- attachment parenting
- child-rearing
- childless
- childminder
- counsellor
- custodial
- custody
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nurture
- one-parent family
- open adoption
- pediatrician
- upbringing
- visitation
- wean
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babysitting
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbeɪ.biˌsɪt.ɪŋ/us/ˈbeɪ.biˌsɪt̬.ɪŋ/
He earns a little extra money by doing babysitting.