Definition of "daddy" in English

noun

1. (usually childish) Father.

2. (informal, with article) A perfect example, a role model.

   • the daddy of them all

3. (informal, in early use chiefly African-American Vernacular) A male lover.

4. (vulgar, slang) A sexually attractive man, particularly—but not exclusively—a father or an older man.

5. (dated slang) An informal term of address for a man.

   • Rock 'n' roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!

6. (BDSM, sexual slang) A dominant male partner, often used as an address.

   • The guy I've been dating offered to do bondage with me, and I was like "Yes please, daddy."

7. (slang) A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.

8. (slang, obsolete) A stage manager.

9. (slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.

10. (slang, obsolete) An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent raffle or lottery.

11. (slang, obsolete) The man in charge of a casual ward, generally an elderly pauper.

verb

1. (transitive, chiefly Appalachia) To father; to sire.

adjective

1. (uncommon, informal, chiefly in the superlative) Resembling or characteristic of a dad.