nanny /ˈnæni/noun 5verb 2forms 3 noun5 •someone a family pays to take care of their young children at homeThe nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges. •A female goat.Nannies and billies look very similar, both having dangerously sharp, curved black horns. — 2005 •(informal) A grandmother. •(US, informal) A godmother. •Synonym of sylvester (“device for pulling out pit props”). verb2 •To serve as a nanny. •To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.In real life, says a Democratic campaign aide, members of Congress are too nannied by staff to stride about hatching plots, one-on-one. — 2013 formsnannied · nannying · nannies
