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kid

UK/ˈkɪd/ US/ˈkʰɪd/ very common informal uk
noun (5) verb (2)

noun

1.

a young person of either sex

  • “she writes books for children”
  • “they”
  • “;”
  • “is a British term for youngsters”
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2.

soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat

  • “kid gloves”
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3.
4.

a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

  • “they had three children”
  • “they were able to send their kids to college”
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5.

verb

1.

tell false information to for fun

  • “Are you pulling my leg?”
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2.

be silly or tease one another

  • “After we relaxed, we just kidded around”
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Origin

From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydn-, *ǵʰaydn- (“goat”) or Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ- (“kid, goatling, little goat”). Compare Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec. The sense of child has been in use since the 1590s as slang, and since the 1840s in informal use.

Phrases

  • adult third culture kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • all kidding aside
  • ball kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • band kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • Bebe's kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • big kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • boomerang kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • candy kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • club kid Terms derived from kid (noun)
  • I kid you not
  • kid around
  • kid on

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