caddie
verb/ˈkædi/
/ˈkædi/
(also caddy)
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they caddie | /ˈkædi/ /ˈkædi/ |
| he / she / it caddies | /ˈkædiz/ /ˈkædiz/ |
| past simple caddied | /ˈkædid/ /ˈkædid/ |
| past participle caddied | /ˈkædid/ /ˈkædid/ |
| -ing form caddying | /ˈkædiɪŋ/ /ˈkædiɪŋ/ |
- to act as a caddie in the game of golfWord Originmid 17th cent. (originally Scots): from French cadet. The original term denoted a gentleman who joined the army without a commission, intending to learn the profession and follow a military career, later coming to mean ‘odd-job man’. The current sense dates from the late 18th cent.
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