About The Word Kid
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What's The Definition Of Kid?
[n] young goat
[n] a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" [n] a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" [n] English dramatist (1558-1594) [n] soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves" [v] tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" [v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" Synonyms | Synonyms for Kid: banter | chaff | child | fry | jolly | josh | kidskin | Kyd | minor | nestling | nipper | pull the leg of | shaver | small fry | Thomas Kid | Thomas Kyd | tiddler | tike | tyke | youngster Related Terms | Find terms related to Kid: babyhood | bairn | bamboozle | banter | be merry with | befool | billy | billy goat | birdling | boyhood | breed | brood | buck | bud | calf | catling | chaff | cherub | chick | chickabiddy | chickling | chicky | child | childkind | children | chit | colt | crack a joke | crack wise | cub | darling | descendants | descent | doe | doeling | dogie | duckling | fake out | family | fawn | fledgling | fleer at | flimflam | foal | fool | fruit | fryer | fun | gibe at | girlhood | goat | gosling | grandchildren | great-grandchildren | gull | haze | he-goat | heirs | hoax | hoodwink | hostages to fortune | inheritors | innocent | issue | jape | jest | jive | joke | jolly | josh | juvenile | kid around | kids | kit | kitten | lamb | lambkin | lineage | litter | little bugger | little fellow | little guy | little innocent | little kids | little one | little ones | little tad | little tot | make a funny | make fun | make fun of | mite | mock | moppet | mountain goat | nanny | nanny goat | needle | nest | nestling | new generation | nipper | offspring | peewee | piglet | pigling | play on words | poke fun at | polliwog | posterity | progeny | pullet | pun | pup | puppy | put on | put one on | quip | rag | rally | razz | rib | ride | ridicule | rising generation | roast | scintillate | scoff at | seed | shaver | she-goat | shoat | small fry | sons | sparkle | spoof | succession | tad | tadpole | tease | tot | tots | treasures | trick | twit | utter a mot | weaner | wee tot | whelp | wisecrack | yeanling | young | young blood | young fry | young people | youngling | younglings | youngster | youngsters | youth See Also | babe | baby | bairn | bait | bambino | befool | buster | caprine animal | changeling | child's body | cod | dramatist | dupe | family | family unit | female offspring | fool | foster-child | goat | gull | imp | infant | issue | juvenile | juvenile person | kiddy | leather | male offspring | man-child | monkey | offspring | orphan | picaninny | piccaninny | pickaninny | playwright | preschooler | progeny | pupil | put on | put one across | put one over | rag | rally | rapscallion | rascal | razz | ride | scalawag | scallywag | scamp | schoolchild | silly | slang | sprog | stepchild | take in | tantalise | tantalize | taunt | tease | toddler | tot | twit | urchin | waif | yearling Kid In Webster's Dictionary \Kid\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki?, Dan. & Sw. kid;
akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A young goat.
The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. --Is.
xi. 6.
2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily
imposed on. [Slang] --Charles Reade.
3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or
of the skin of rats, etc.
4. pl. Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]
5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one
in which they receive their food. --Cooper.
\Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kidded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kidding}.] To bring forth a young goat. \Kid\, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.] A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. \Kid\, p. p. of {Kythe}. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. \Kid\, v. t. See {Kiddy}, v. t. [Slang] \Kid\, n. Among pugilists, thieves, etc., a youthful expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones. [Cant] |
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