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kid
1[ kid ]
noun
- Informal. a child or young person.
- (used as a familiar form of address.)
- a young goat.
- leather made from the skin of a kid or goat, used in making shoes and gloves.
- a glove made from this leather.
verb (used with or without object)
- (of a goat) to give birth to (young).
kid
2[ kid ]
Kid
3[ kid ]
noun
- Thomas. Kyd, Thomas.
Kid
1/ ɪ /
noun
- KidThomas a variant spelling of (Thomas) Kyd
kid
2/ ɪ /
noun
- the young of a goat or of a related animal, such as an antelope
- soft smooth leather made from the hide of a kid
- informal.
- a young person; child
- modifier younger or being still a child
kid sister
kid brother
- our kid dialect.my younger brother or sister
verb
- (of a goat) to give birth to (young)
kid
3/ ɪ /
verb
- tr to tease or deceive for fun
- intr to behave or speak deceptively for fun
- tr to delude or fool (oneself) into believing (something)
don't kid yourself that no-one else knows
kid
4/ ɪ /
noun
- a small wooden tub
Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱ˌ, adjective
- ˈ쾱徱Ա, noun
- ˈ쾱徱Բ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- 쾱d adjective
- 쾱d·ness noun
- 쾱l adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of kid1
Word History and Origins
Origin of kid1
Origin of kid2
Origin of kid3
Idioms and Phrases
- handle with (kid) gloves
- kidding
Example Sentences
“I went up to coach Kelly and I said, ‘You might want to consider this kid Carson Schwesinger as a walk-on — he’s a poor man’s Ethan Calvert,’” Charles Collins told The Times last fall.
"Murdering a white kid in cold blood seems acceptable to some," Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA declared.
"These kids absolutely love our school and it's heartbreaking. And where are our kids going to go?"
"We put between 70,000 and 80,000 people on the streets of London, but because it was a peaceful demonstration made up of kids in fancy dress we didn't get any coverage," says Packham.
"We want to make sure that things are changed so that... no more kids are lost to social media," Prince Harry told BBC Breakfast.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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