Crossword clues for babysitting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
babysitting \babysitting\ n. the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home.
Wiktionary
alt. (present participle of babysit English) n. The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents. vb. (present participle of babysit English)
WordNet
n : the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home [syn: baby sitting]
Wikipedia
Babysitting is temporarily caring for a child. Babysitting can be a paid job for all ages; however, it is best known as a temporary activity for young teenagers who are too young to be eligible for employment in the general economy. It provides autonomy from parental control, and spending money, as well as an introduction to the techniques of child care. It emerged as a social role for teenagers in the 1920s, and became especially important in suburban America in the 1950s and 1960s, when there was an abundance of small children. It stimulated an outpouring of folk culture in the form of urban legends, pulp novels, and horror films.
Babysitting is a 2014 French comedy film shot in the " found footage" style. It is directed by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheau. The film is also the directorial debut of Philippe Lacheau which he co-wrote and also starred in along with Alice David and Vincent Desagnat.
Usage examples of "babysitting".
Betsy had been in the little parlor updating her babysitting appointment book.
James and I always used to get into trouble when Patricia was babysitting us as a kid.
I was just babysitting him throughout the day and wanted to put us both at ease.
One morning, babysitting for a little girl who had caught the chicken pox, sitting by her as she lay thoughtlessly in a lukewarm oatmeal bath, stoically flicking the water with her finger and occasionally moaning like a small animal, he felt a sudden gust of happiness sweep through him, simply because he was the old widower of the neighbourhood, and people used him as a babysitter.
Price Junior College, an agro school that got confused and wound up with a bedroom-community commuter day-care babysitting population of twenty-five thousand acne-festooned urchins taking dingbat classes in Science Fiction, Artificial Flowers I, Bowling, Inert Gas Welding and Current Events in the Arts (which, so help me, Amen-Ra, turns out to be a course in how to be a good audience).