to diaper
6
1.7
- verb
- /ˈdaɪpər/
- US
:
poner un pañal a
- I powdered and diapered it, I know my son.
- diapered baby
- diapered child
- diapered infant
Examples
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Together, Mama and she had bathed and diapered the chubby baby, kissed his toes, and made him laugh.
Fiction book (1995) -
Every day, I have to diaper my youngest niece before she can play outside.
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Once I learned how to diaper, Sid and Paul were nice company.
Fiction book (1999) -
I may consider cloth options, as I have loved cloth-diapering my son.
Blog text (33) -
Because I had a brother who was 15 years younger... I brought in a demonstration of how to diaper a baby, and I got an A.
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I diapered it.
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I can't feed, burp, bathe, and diaper both at once.
Fiction book (1992) -
As the baby began a faint, choking cry, she deftly diapered him, tugged him into a nightgown, and gave him to my mother to nurse.
Fiction book (1991) -
I learned how to diaper a baby quickly after my sister had her first child.
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When the baby started to cry, I knew it was time to diaper him again.
Compounds
- Slang
1
9.9
A person who grows up with parents active in communist or socialist politics
- Specialized
Red, sore skin on a baby's bottom and thighs caused by a wet or dirty diaper
- Offensive
A slang, often rude, name for a mask people wear over their mouth and nose
- Archaic
A family whose parents strongly support communist ideas and raise children that way
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diaper as a verb comes from the same cloth name and the action of wrapping a baby, so to diaper someone simply means 'to put a diaper on' them.