Babysitting
verb
To take care of other people's children for a short time, often when the parents are not home.
She earns extra money by babysitting her neighbors' kids in the evenings.
Often appears as...
- babysitting duties
- babysitting job
verb
To watch and take care of someone or something, often used humorously.
I spent the whole party babysitting my drunk friend.
Often appears as...
- babysitting a drink
- babysitting a project
verb
To take care of other people's children for a short time, often when the parents are not home.
She earns extra money by babysitting her neighbors' kids in the evenings.
Often appears as...
- babysitting duties
- babysitting job
verb
To watch and take care of someone or something, often used humorously.
I spent the whole party babysitting my drunk friend.
Often appears as...
- babysitting a drink
- babysitting a project
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Short-Term Care
Babysitting is temporary care, not a permanent solution like a nanny or daycare.
Can you babysit tonight? It's just for a few hours while we attend the meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Trust and Responsibility
Babysitting involves great trust; parents trust sitters with their children's safety.
Babysitting requires attention; you can't just watch TV the whole time.
Pro Tip 3/3Age Appropriate
Babysitters are often teenagers or young adults looking for part-time work.
At 15, Emma started babysitting to earn some spending money.
Pro Tip 1/3Short-Term Care
Babysitting is temporary care, not a permanent solution like a nanny or daycare.
Can you babysit tonight? It's just for a few hours while we attend the meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Trust and Responsibility
Babysitting involves great trust; parents trust sitters with their children's safety.
Babysitting requires attention; you can't just watch TV the whole time.
Pro Tip 3/3Age Appropriate
Babysitters are often teenagers or young adults looking for part-time work.
At 15, Emma started babysitting to earn some spending money.
Pro Tip 1/3Short-Term Care
Babysitting is temporary care, not a permanent solution like a nanny or daycare.
Can you babysit tonight? It's just for a few hours while we attend the meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Trust and Responsibility
Babysitting involves great trust; parents trust sitters with their children's safety.
Babysitting requires attention; you can't just watch TV the whole time.
Pro Tip 3/3Age Appropriate
Babysitters are often teenagers or young adults looking for part-time work.
At 15, Emma started babysitting to earn some spending money.
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How I became an...
are thanks to small businesses like mine. And who's to say that we'll stay forever small? We have an interesting culture that really expects when you reach a certain age, you're going to be golfing, or playing checkers, or babysitting the grandkids all of the time.
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Watch Wild Predators...
them on a kill they would whoop it down now there's five of them the jimana was staying at the den into babysitting look after her pups and they would were four down and they'd have to run back to the den to feed her and they had to do that fairly quickly otherwise
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Excuse me, may I rent...
cars to the network some people call this peer-to-peer this does express the humanity of what's going on and the personal relationships but that is also like saying that it's the same thing as a yard sale or a bake sale or babysitting that's peer-to-peer it's
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Kitten Lady on Orphaned...
risk unless there is a foster parent who can help them out so I'm a big advocate for fostering little kittens because foster homes really do save lives when you sign up to foster you are responsible for basically kitten babysitting you're taking care of them
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Robin Chase: Excuse me,...
Some people call this peer-to-peer. This does express the humanity of what's going on, and the personal relationships, but that is also like saying that it's the same thing as a yard sale or a bake sale or babysitting. That's peer-to-peer.
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Wingham Rowan: A new...
services for tourists, home care. This would be a world of very small trades, but very well-informed, because national e-markets will deliver data. So this is a local person potentially deciding whether to enter the babysitting market.
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Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
been thrown in with babysitting duty tommy i have no idea about what happens in ethiopia but i have no doubt there's still some very bad practices going on around the world with regards to animals
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10 Day Old Kitten Falls...
baby then turns our attention to the mother it's her way of offering to babysit the mother doesn't wait to see if she'll change our mind babysitting is natural among cats especially between
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First Day Outside PIPE...
moves coordinated around them it's a great system as all the mob will help protect and raise the pups sharing babysitting duties and breast milk and
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Babysitting Cute Wolf...
this is the best babysitting job I've ever had it's amazing really to be
Video examples
How I became an...
are thanks to small businesses like mine. And who's to say that we'll stay forever small? We have an interesting culture that really expects when you reach a certain age, you're going to be golfing, or playing checkers, or babysitting the grandkids all of the time.
Video examples
Watch Wild Predators...
them on a kill they would whoop it down now there's five of them the jimana was staying at the den into babysitting look after her pups and they would were four down and they'd have to run back to the den to feed her and they had to do that fairly quickly otherwise
Video examples
Excuse me, may I rent...
cars to the network some people call this peer-to-peer this does express the humanity of what's going on and the personal relationships but that is also like saying that it's the same thing as a yard sale or a bake sale or babysitting that's peer-to-peer it's
Video examples
Kitten Lady on Orphaned...
risk unless there is a foster parent who can help them out so I'm a big advocate for fostering little kittens because foster homes really do save lives when you sign up to foster you are responsible for basically kitten babysitting you're taking care of them
Video examples
Robin Chase: Excuse me,...
Some people call this peer-to-peer. This does express the humanity of what's going on, and the personal relationships, but that is also like saying that it's the same thing as a yard sale or a bake sale or babysitting. That's peer-to-peer.
Video examples
Wingham Rowan: A new...
services for tourists, home care. This would be a world of very small trades, but very well-informed, because national e-markets will deliver data. So this is a local person potentially deciding whether to enter the babysitting market.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
been thrown in with babysitting duty tommy i have no idea about what happens in ethiopia but i have no doubt there's still some very bad practices going on around the world with regards to animals
Video examples
10 Day Old Kitten Falls...
baby then turns our attention to the mother it's her way of offering to babysit the mother doesn't wait to see if she'll change our mind babysitting is natural among cats especially between
Video examples
First Day Outside PIPE...
moves coordinated around them it's a great system as all the mob will help protect and raise the pups sharing babysitting duties and breast milk and
Video examples
Babysitting Cute Wolf...
this is the best babysitting job I've ever had it's amazing really to be
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Quote examples
Matthew Perry
Actor
I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a certain range of behaviors that we find most useful. But then we let it go, because we don't want to have to be babysitting it the whole time.
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Victoria Coren Mitchell
English Writer
If you are actually ordinary, the only way to give royal status meaning is to live an extraordinary life. It can't be jeans and burgers and granny doing the babysitting.
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Juliette Lewis
American Actress
My only after-school job before I got into acting was babysitting. I had younger brothers and sisters.
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Jerry Only
Musician
My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.
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Josh Hartnett
Actor
I'm a lot older than my little brothers and sister, so I think I grew up babysitting them.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.
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Grace Gummer
American Actress
I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting.
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Zooey Deschanel
American Actress
My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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Sabrina Carpenter
American Musician
I'm not quite sure how I would do babysitting.
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Matthew Perry
Actor
I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
Quote examples
Kevin Kelly
American Editor
It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a certain range of behaviors that we find most useful. But then we let it go, because we don't want to have to be babysitting it the whole time.
Quote examples
Victoria Coren Mitchell
English Writer
If you are actually ordinary, the only way to give royal status meaning is to live an extraordinary life. It can't be jeans and burgers and granny doing the babysitting.
Quote examples
Juliette Lewis
American Actress
My only after-school job before I got into acting was babysitting. I had younger brothers and sisters.
Quote examples
Jerry Only
Musician
My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.
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Josh Hartnett
Actor
I'm a lot older than my little brothers and sister, so I think I grew up babysitting them.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.
Quote examples
Grace Gummer
American Actress
I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting.
Quote examples
Zooey Deschanel
American Actress
My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
Quote examples
Sabrina Carpenter
American Musician
I'm not quite sure how I would do babysitting.
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