babysitting
noun
- temporarily caring for a child
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From baby + sitting.
- The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians.
“But some have no parents, or none to speak of, and are living with a grandmother or uncle or married sister or sister who's not married but has three tots of her own to look after, or this unruly student's helping her to take care of them with babysitting or a paying after-school job.”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- present participle and gerund of babysit