caddy

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: tea caddycaddie

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a can for storing teaSynonyms: tea caddy

Verb (1)

  1. act as a caddie and carry clubs for a playerSynonyms: caddie
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Caddy \Cad"dy\, n.; pl. Caddies. [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay kat[imac] a weight of 11/3 pounds. Cf. Catty.]

1.A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called tea caddy. [1913 Webster]

2.a container to hold objects when not in use. [PJC]

3.(Computers) a container to hold a compact disk, used in some types of compact disk devices, which is inserted into the CD player during playing, or in the case of recordable CD-ROMS, during recording. It is approximately square and thin, slightly larger than the compact disk. However, many CD players have a drawer for the compact disk, requiring no caddy. [PJC]

Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.] [See Cadet.]

1.A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3.One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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