granny-sit
granny-sit verb: to watch or tend an elderly female relative at home.
Verb
granny-sit (third-person singular simple present granny-sits, present participle granny-sitting, simple past and past participle granny-sat or (uncommon) granny-sitted)
- To watch or tend an elderly female relative at home.
- I know he'll have you stitched up with pre-nuptial agreements but if he's prepared to pay you five thousand bucks a day just to granny-sit, then being his wife has got to be worth at least double that.2009, Chrissie Manby, Running Away From Richard
- Eventually she called a neighbour to granny-sit and followed the ambulance down to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, but she didn't see my father alive again I don't think.2010, Naeem Inayatullah, Autobiographical International Relations: I, IR, page 21
Forms of granny-sit
| third-person singular present | granny-sits |
|---|---|
| present participle | granny-sitting |
| past participle | granny-sat |
| past | granny-sat |
| past participle uncommon | granny-sitted |
| past uncommon | granny-sitted |
Origin of granny-sit
From granny + sit, modelled on babysit.
Words formed from granny-sit
Questions about granny-sit
- What does granny-sit mean?
- Granny-sit means to watch or tend an elderly female relative at home.
- What part of speech is granny-sit?
- Granny-sit is a verb.
- What is the past tense of granny-sit?
- The past tense of granny-sit is granny-sat.
Words near granny-sit in the dictionary
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