Babysitter
noun
A person who takes care of babies or children while the parents are not at home.
I need to find a babysitter for my kids while I'm at work.
Often appears as...
- hire a babysitter
- pay for a babysitter
noun
A person who helps to take care of or supervise anything that needs careful attention or management.
He's just a babysitter for that project until a permanent manager is hired.
Often appears as...
- babysitter for the project
- act as a babysitter
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person who takes care of babies or children while the parents are not at home.
I need to find a babysitter for my kids while I'm at work.
Often appears as...
- hire a babysitter
- pay for a babysitter
noun
A person who helps to take care of or supervise anything that needs careful attention or management.
He's just a babysitter for that project until a permanent manager is hired.
Often appears as...
- babysitter for the project
- act as a babysitter
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
Usually means taking care of young children or babies, not older kids or teenagers.
She worked as a babysitter, caring for toddlers.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Care
Indicates short-term childcare, not permanent or full-time care.
Can you be the babysitter for tonight only?
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Relative
Typically not a family member, but someone hired for the job.
We'll hire a babysitter while we are away.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
Usually means taking care of young children or babies, not older kids or teenagers.
She worked as a babysitter, caring for toddlers.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Care
Indicates short-term childcare, not permanent or full-time care.
Can you be the babysitter for tonight only?
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Relative
Typically not a family member, but someone hired for the job.
We'll hire a babysitter while we are away.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
Usually means taking care of young children or babies, not older kids or teenagers.
She worked as a babysitter, caring for toddlers.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Care
Indicates short-term childcare, not permanent or full-time care.
Can you be the babysitter for tonight only?
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Relative
Typically not a family member, but someone hired for the job.
We'll hire a babysitter while we are away.
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Video examples
Wingham Rowan: A new...
And this data can be used by investors. So if there's a problem with a shortage of babysitters in some parts of the country and the problem is nobody can afford the vetting and training, an investor can pay for it and the system will tithe back the enhanced earnings of the individuals for maybe the next two years. This is a world of atomized capitalism. So it's small trades by small people,
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When jewelry gets smart...
to vibrate three times and flash green when I get a text it vibrates once and flashes red when I have my next meeting coming up and it's not about getting every notification sent to us we can filter down to the ones that are most important so if you only want to know and the kids or the babysitter is
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Jared Diamond: How...
Compared to the usual alternatives of paid babysitters and day care centers, grandparents offer superior, motivated, experienced child care. They've already gained experience from raising their own children. They usually love their grandchildren,
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How I unlearned...
For decades, I kept being the victim of molestation at the hands of a babysitter a secret. I submitted to this under the threat of my younger sister being harmed. I was seven, she was three. I believed it was my responsibility to keep her safe.
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What if the poor were...
So who are these people that work silently in hotels, restaurants, as laborers, babysitters, house helps and countless other jobs that we need for cities to function without a glitch? And where do they live?
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Noddy's First Day at...
for their day at forest school. Here, under the watchful eye of the babysitters, they can learn all about their natural surroundings. Wild orangutans can stay with their mothers for eight years
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
has contracted in captivity illegal captivity this male was so afraid of the male veterinarian so this female babysitter they called him she has to comfort him by holding his hand and and
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The Best Whale Moments...
dive deep so this babysitter has stayed at the surface it could be mum an aunt or even grandma
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Swimming with Humpback...
dive deep so this babysitter has stayed at the surface it could be mum an aunt or even grandma
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10 Day Old Kitten Falls...
mum might try a less playful babysitter next time
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Wingham Rowan: A new...
And this data can be used by investors. So if there's a problem with a shortage of babysitters in some parts of the country and the problem is nobody can afford the vetting and training, an investor can pay for it and the system will tithe back the enhanced earnings of the individuals for maybe the next two years. This is a world of atomized capitalism. So it's small trades by small people,
Video examples
When jewelry gets smart...
to vibrate three times and flash green when I get a text it vibrates once and flashes red when I have my next meeting coming up and it's not about getting every notification sent to us we can filter down to the ones that are most important so if you only want to know and the kids or the babysitter is
Video examples
Jared Diamond: How...
Compared to the usual alternatives of paid babysitters and day care centers, grandparents offer superior, motivated, experienced child care. They've already gained experience from raising their own children. They usually love their grandchildren,
Video examples
How I unlearned...
For decades, I kept being the victim of molestation at the hands of a babysitter a secret. I submitted to this under the threat of my younger sister being harmed. I was seven, she was three. I believed it was my responsibility to keep her safe.
Video examples
What if the poor were...
So who are these people that work silently in hotels, restaurants, as laborers, babysitters, house helps and countless other jobs that we need for cities to function without a glitch? And where do they live?
Video examples
Noddy's First Day at...
for their day at forest school. Here, under the watchful eye of the babysitters, they can learn all about their natural surroundings. Wild orangutans can stay with their mothers for eight years
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
has contracted in captivity illegal captivity this male was so afraid of the male veterinarian so this female babysitter they called him she has to comfort him by holding his hand and and
Video examples
The Best Whale Moments...
dive deep so this babysitter has stayed at the surface it could be mum an aunt or even grandma
Video examples
Swimming with Humpback...
dive deep so this babysitter has stayed at the surface it could be mum an aunt or even grandma
Video examples
10 Day Old Kitten Falls...
mum might try a less playful babysitter next time
Example 1 of 10
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian Writer
I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn't want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking 'young' meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up.
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Laura Schlessinger
American Writer
One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.
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Julian Castro
American Politician
My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give my mother, her only child, a chance in life, so that my mother could give my brother and me an even better one.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.
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Blase J. Cupich
American Clergyman
Let's face it: grandparents are very important to family systems. You're babysitters, but you also instill values in children that sometimes skip a generation.
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Jacinda Ardern
New Zealander Politician
I have a partner who can be there alongside me, who's taking up a huge part of that joint responsibility, because he's a parent, too - he's not a babysitter.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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Taylor Kitsch
Canadian Actor
Video games and computers have become babysitters for kids.
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Noah Cyrus
American Actress
I almost got my babysitter arrested when I was 7.
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John Goodman
American Actor
TV is the best babysitter.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian Writer
I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn't want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking 'young' meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up.
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Laura Schlessinger
American Writer
One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.
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Julian Castro
American Politician
My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give my mother, her only child, a chance in life, so that my mother could give my brother and me an even better one.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.
Quote examples
Blase J. Cupich
American Clergyman
Let's face it: grandparents are very important to family systems. You're babysitters, but you also instill values in children that sometimes skip a generation.
Quote examples
Jacinda Ardern
New Zealander Politician
I have a partner who can be there alongside me, who's taking up a huge part of that joint responsibility, because he's a parent, too - he's not a babysitter.
Quote examples
Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
Quote examples
Taylor Kitsch
Canadian Actor
Video games and computers have become babysitters for kids.
Quote examples
Noah Cyrus
American Actress
I almost got my babysitter arrested when I was 7.
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John Goodman
American Actor
TV is the best babysitter.
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