English

Noun

Caddy ‎(plural Caddies)

1. (US, informal) A Cadillac car.
   • 1971, John Updike, Rabbit Redux

     All those ones live in those great big piecrust mock-Two-door houses with His and Hers Caddies parked out by the hydrangea bushes.

   • 2000, John Sandford, Easy Prey

     He's driving a ten-year old lime-green Caddy with a trunk full of golf clubs and one suitcase. We got a license number.

   • 2003, Dennis Lehane, Mystic River

     So Dave backed his car in beside the Caddy, his eyes on the side door of the bar, no one having come out for a while.

English

Alternative forms

• caddie

Noun

caddy ‎(plural caddies)

1. (golf) One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.

   "Caddy, pass me my five iron."

Translations

Verb

caddy ‎(third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying, simple past and past participle caddied)

1. (intransitive, golf) To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc.

   I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Malay kati.

Noun

caddy ‎(plural caddies)

1. A small box, can, or chest to keep things in.

Derived terms

• desk caddy
• tea caddy

References

• “caddy” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• “caddie” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

French

Etymology

From English

Noun

caddy m ‎(plural caddies or caddys)

1. (golf) caddy
2. golf cart
3. supermarket trolley