baby-sitting
baby-sitting is the present participle and gerund of baby-sit.
baby-sitting is the alternative spelling of babysitting.
Meaning of babysitting
Noun
babysitting (usually uncountable, plural babysittings)
- The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians.
- But some have no parents, or none to speak of, and are living with a grandmother or uncle or married sister or sister who's not married but has three tots of her own to look after, or this unruly student's helping her to take care of them with babysitting or a paying after-school job.2013, Stephen Dixon, 30 Pieces of a Novel, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- daycare
Forms of baby-sitting
| plural | baby-sittings |
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Questions about baby-sitting
- What is baby-sitting the present participle and gerund of?
- Baby-sitting is the present participle and gerund of baby-sit.
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