caddy
Syllables: cad·dy/ˈkædi/US/ˈkædi/
caddy noun: a small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea. Also the alternative spelling of caddie.
Noun (1)
caddy (plural caddies)
- A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
- The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in...2019, Nancy E. Davis, “Afong Moy Presents Chinese Objects for the Home”, in The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part II (The Show), page 107
- A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
- A sauce caddy brought with the tacos offers a choice of salsa cruda, a thin puree of tomatillos, and an emulsion of red chilies.1990, Washingtonian, volume 25, Washington, D.C.: Washington Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 121
- A small lidded bin for food waste.
- A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
- Place the disc in the DVD caddy.
- A lightweight wheeled cart; specifically, one attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child, or pulled by hand and used to transport groceries away from a shop.
Verb
caddy (third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying, simple past and past participle caddied)
- Chiefly followed by for: alternative spelling of caddie (“to serve as a caddy (noun sense) for a golfer”)
- I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
- We took turns caddying, one caddying, two playing. We went out across the river to the teeing ground of the first hole.1897 (date written), Paul T. B. Ward, quotee, “19th Hole: The Readers Take Over”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 19, number 4, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., published 22 July 1963, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60
Proper noun capitalized: Caddy
Caddy
- A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
- Call Caddy and tell her to meet us at six o'clock.
Noun (2) capitalized: Caddy
Caddy (plural Caddies)
Also used as
caddy is also the alternative spelling of caddie.
Examples of caddy in a sentence
- These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy.2019, Nancy E. Davis, “Afong Moy Presents Chinese Objects for the Home”, in The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America, New York, N.Y....
- Ogilvie, who was caddying for Charlotte.1917 July, George Weston, chapter VI, in The Apple-tree Girl: The Story of Little Miss Moses, who Led Herself into the Promised Land...
Forms of caddy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | caddies |
| alternative form | caddie |
| plural | Caddies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | caddies |
| present participle | caddying |
| past participle | caddied |
| past | caddied |
Origin of caddy
An alteration of catty (“(unit of) weight used in China, equivalent to 1⅓ pounds avoirdupois (about 0.605 kilograms)”), borrowed from Malay kati (“weight used in China, Indonesia, and Japan”), from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi, “measure of weight; clod, lump”), from கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to coagulate, congeal, or consolidate (into a concretion); to harden”).
A variant of caddie (etymology 1).
From Cadillac + -y.
Words formed from caddy
Phrases with caddy
Words that rhyme with caddy
Questions about caddy
- What does caddy mean?
- Caddy means a small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
- How do you use caddy in a sentence?
- These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy.
- What part of speech is caddy?
- Caddy can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce caddy?
- Caddy is pronounced /ˈkædi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of caddy?
- The plural of caddy is caddies.
Words near caddy in the dictionary
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