daddydad‧dy /ˈdædi/ ●●● S1 noun (plural daddies) [countable] 
Examples
Daddy’s home!2the daddy/your daddy informal the best, most important, or most respected person: Damon won the game for us – he’s the daddy! → sugar daddy
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
- Go and ask Daddy if he'll give you a ride to school.
- Look, Daddy's home!
- My daddy is a pilot.
- Where's your daddy?
- As I got older, we started singing as a trio with my daddy.
- How many of these songs could she have been singing to her daddy?
- I once heard daddy say to her He'd picked a rotten wife.
- Most boys think their daddy hung the moon.
- My granddaddy and my daddy both were police chiefs in this town.
- Prof Eno took us aside and explained about mummy rabbits and daddy rabbits.
THESAURUS► father
Collocations a male parent: · My father’s a doctor.· He’s a father of three.
► dad informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father: · Can I borrow your car, Dad?· Her dad retired ten years ago.· My dad was in the army.
► daddy a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: · Where’s your daddy?· Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
► pop American English informal (also pa old-fashioned) used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father: · I helped Pop fix the gate this morning.· Can I help, Pa?· He is in New York with his Pop’s credit card, eating all the ice cream and pizza the city has to offer.
► papa old-fashioned informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father: · Papa had forbidden me to go.· She saw her papa’s face change at this news.
► somebody’s old man informal someone’s father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectful: · His old man wouldn’t let him use the car.
► stepfather (also stepdad informal) a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parent: · Her stepfather is really nice.
Longman Language Activatorfather► father · My father's a doctor.father of · He's now the proud father of a three-week-old baby girl.· Larry Blake, a father of three children, was shot dead outside his home last night.
► dad informal a name you use to talk to your father or to talk about someone else's father: · Was your dad angry when you got home?· Can I borrow your car, Dad?· My dad retired ten years ago.
► daddy a name for a father - used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: · Where's your daddy?· Daddy, can I have a drink, please?· Go and ask Daddy if he'll give you a ride to school.
► pop American informal a name you call your father: · I helped Pop fix the gate this morning.· Relax, Pop, I'll have the car back by midnight.
► old man informal father - use this to talk about your father or someone else's father: · My old man never could understand why I married Doris.the old man (=my father): · I'm going to visit the old man next week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► sugar
1 informal father – used especially by children or when speaking to children: · The point is that Sun's kind of sugar daddy is neither uncommon, illegal or even fattening.· A bill comes in and along comes sugar daddy with a loan, you can t resist it.· She always had a sugar daddy.
VERB► come· Mummy was worried because she didn't know when daddy was coming home - Anna was sure of that now.· Yes, she did: she wanted daddy to come home.· At least she could now tell the child that daddy was coming home.· Why had mummy and daddy ever come here, away from all Anna's friends?
► go· Please say yes! Go on, daddy, say yes!
► know· And what's it like knowing your dear daddy died in a shoot-out?· Of course he knew your daddy.· Mummy was worried because she didn't know when daddy was coming home - Anna was sure of that now.· You know how your daddy tells you to put some of your money away for a rainy day?
► see· In his mind's eye, Preston saw himself as the daddy in one of the twins' bedtime books.
► tell· Imagine our laughter when one of them told us her daddy had gone into hospital.· At least she could now tell the child that daddy was coming home.
Daddy’s home!2the daddy/your daddy informal the best, most important, or most respected person: Damon won the game for us – he’s the daddy! → sugar daddy