Definition of CADDY

caddy

Meanings

Plural: caddies

Noun

  • a can for storing tea
  • A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
  • A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
  • A small lidded bin for food waste.
  • A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
  • 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.
  • Alternative spelling of caddie (“a person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice”).

Verb

  • act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
  • Chiefly followed by for: alternative spelling of caddie (“to serve as a caddy (noun sense) for a golfer”)

Origin / Etymology

An alteration of catty (“(unit of) weight used in China, equivalent to 1⅓ 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”).

Synonyms

caddie, tea caddy

Scrabble Score: 12

caddy is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
caddy is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
caddy is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

caddy is a valid Words With Friends word