2syllables
baby-sitting
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Definitions ofbaby-sitting
1verb
- To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
- To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
Example: "He left me to baby-sit the new guy while he got some work done."
1noun
- The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents.
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