baby-sit

listen to the pronunciation of baby-sit
English - English
To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much

He left me to baby-sit the new guy while he got some work done.

To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money
work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"
work as a babysitter, guard someone else's children
babysit
To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money
baby sit
{f} supervise children while their parents are not home; watching over a child, supervising children
baby-sitter
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
babysit
To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much
babysit
If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out. I promised to babysit for Mrs Plunkett You can take it in turns to babysit She had been babysitting him and his four-year-old sister. + babysitter babysitters baby·sitter It can be difficult to find a good babysitter. + babysitting baby·sitting Would you like me to do any babysitting?. to take care of children while their parents are away for a short time
babysit
To watch or tend someone elses child for a period of time, often for money
babysit
{f} supervise children while their parents are not home; watch over, supervise
baby-sit
Favorites