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    nannying
    /ˈnanɪɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. the activity of looking after a child in its own home as a job: "nannying and au pair work are not well paid"
    • 2. overprotective interference in other people's affairs: "his well-intentioned nannying"

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  2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNANNYING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. 1. the activity of nursing or looking after someone else's children. low-paid jobs such as nannying. 2. the act of being overprotective; mollycoddling. governmental nannying and interference in markets. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'nannying' in a sentence. nannying.

  3. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › nannyingnannying noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    (British English, disapproving) the fact of helping and protecting somebody too much. Check pronunciation: nannying. Definition of nannying noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNANNY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a woman employed to take care of children in the children’s home: She relied on a nanny to care for her baby during the week.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › nannyingNannying - definition of nannying by The Free Dictionary

    Define nannying. nannying synonyms, nannying pronunciation, nannying translation, English dictionary definition of nannying. n 1. the activity of nursing or looking after someone else's children 2. censorious the act of being overprotective; mollycoddling Collins English...

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishnanny noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    a person whose job is to take care of young children in the children’s own home. She applied for the job of nanny to the Rickman family. She was taken on as a nanny to their two small children. Topics Life stages c1, Jobs c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › nannyNanny - definition of nanny by The Free Dictionary

    1. a nurse or nursemaid for children. 2. a. any person or thing regarded as treating people like children, esp by being patronizing or overprotective. b. (as modifier): the nanny state. 3. a child's word for grandmother. vb, nannies, nannying or nannied. 4. (intr) to nurse or look after someone else's children. 5. (tr) to be overprotective towards.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryAll resources related to 'nannying' - Collins Online Dictionary

    A complete guide to the word "NANNYING": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.