Granddaddy
noun
A grandfather or elder person.
I used to go fishing with my granddaddy every summer.
Often appears as...
- my grandaddy
- her grandaddy
Usage tips
Informal
noun
An early or original model of something.
The 1960 model is the granddaddy of all modern sports cars.
Often appears as...
- grandaddy of all
- the grandaddy
noun
A grandfather or elder person.
I used to go fishing with my granddaddy every summer.
Often appears as...
- my grandaddy
- her grandaddy
Usage tips
Informal
noun
An early or original model of something.
The 1960 model is the granddaddy of all modern sports cars.
Often appears as...
- grandaddy of all
- the grandaddy
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Term
Granddaddy is often used with affection to refer to one's grandfather.
I cherish memories of baking cookies with my granddaddy.
Pro Tip 2/3Southern Respect
In Southern US, 'granddaddy' can indicate respect for an older man, not necessarily a relative.
Everyone in town looks up to Old Man Jenkins like a granddaddy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Family Role
Granddaddy can imply a wise family elder who offers guidance or historical knowledge.
Ask your granddaddy about the family tree; he knows it all.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Term
Granddaddy is often used with affection to refer to one's grandfather.
I cherish memories of baking cookies with my granddaddy.
Pro Tip 2/3Southern Respect
In Southern US, 'granddaddy' can indicate respect for an older man, not necessarily a relative.
Everyone in town looks up to Old Man Jenkins like a granddaddy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Family Role
Granddaddy can imply a wise family elder who offers guidance or historical knowledge.
Ask your granddaddy about the family tree; he knows it all.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Term
Granddaddy is often used with affection to refer to one's grandfather.
I cherish memories of baking cookies with my granddaddy.
Pro Tip 2/3Southern Respect
In Southern US, 'granddaddy' can indicate respect for an older man, not necessarily a relative.
Everyone in town looks up to Old Man Jenkins like a granddaddy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Family Role
Granddaddy can imply a wise family elder who offers guidance or historical knowledge.
Ask your granddaddy about the family tree; he knows it all.
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Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was...
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Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was...
still the deadliest civil war in the world to this day. So, you know, I realized when I was there, General Tso is kind of a lot like Colonel Sanders in America, in that he's known for chicken and not war. But in China, this guy's actually known for war and not chicken. But the granddaddy of all the Chinese American dishes
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What Makes Gum Chewy? PIPE...
particular are responsible for some of the most dazzlingly diverse stuff in nature like that delicious Christmas tree scent or the carotene in a carrot or Lannister all the granddaddy of all steroids now all terpenoids are made from a five-carbon building block called
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Billy Collins
American Poet
Some honor Cummings as the granddaddy of all American innovators in poetry and ascribe to him a diverse progeny that includes virtually any poet who considers the page a field and allows silence to be part of poetry's expressiveness.
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Josh Turner
American Musician
My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year.
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Michael Franti
American Musician
Bonnaroo has kind of become the granddaddy of all American festivals. The thing I love about it most is that it wasn't born out of picking the top ten bands off the Billboard chart and creating a festival around it.
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Jimmy Dean
American Actor
I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.
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Jeff Zucker
American Businessman
We're in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is out there, but television still proves to be the granddaddy of them all.
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Alveda King
American Clergyman
My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian Actor
I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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Michael Ritchie
American Director
I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.
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Billy Collins
American Poet
Some honor Cummings as the granddaddy of all American innovators in poetry and ascribe to him a diverse progeny that includes virtually any poet who considers the page a field and allows silence to be part of poetry's expressiveness.
Quote examples
Josh Turner
American Musician
My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year.
Quote examples
Michael Franti
American Musician
Bonnaroo has kind of become the granddaddy of all American festivals. The thing I love about it most is that it wasn't born out of picking the top ten bands off the Billboard chart and creating a festival around it.
Quote examples
Jimmy Dean
American Actor
I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.
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Jeff Zucker
American Businessman
We're in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is out there, but television still proves to be the granddaddy of them all.
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Alveda King
American Clergyman
My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.
Quote examples
Theodore Bikel
Austrian Actor
I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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Michael Ritchie
American Director
I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.
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