name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Call Caddy and tell her to meet us at six o'clock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
caddy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkædi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈkædi/
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General-American: [-ɾi]
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homophone: cattie
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homophone: catty (in dialects with flapping)
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rhymes with -ædi
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A small lidded bin for food waste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- Place the disc in the DVD caddy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Alternative spelling of caddie (“a person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, alt-of, alternative, attributive
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Caddy, pass me my five iron.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A Cadillac car.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Examples
- She pulled up in a shiny black Caddy at six o'clock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
Chiefly followed by for: alternative spelling of caddie (“to serve as a caddy (noun sense) for a golfer”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a can for storing tea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tea caddy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: can, tin, tin can
verb
Meaning 11
act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caddie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: serve
History
Etymology
An alteration of catty (“(unit of) weight used in China, equivalent to 11⁄3 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.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: teerasia — small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea
- Macedonian: ку́тиче за чај (kútiče za čaj) — small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea
- Finnish: rasia — box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in
- Finnish: lokerollinen rasia — box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in
- Macedonian: ку́тија (kútija) — box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in
- Macedonian: ку́тиче (kútiče) — box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in
- Finnish: kotelo — movable tray or other mechanism for holding, securing, and transporting a removable component
- Finnish: telakka — movable tray or other mechanism for holding, securing, and transporting a removable component
- Finnish: kärry — lightweight wheeled cart