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kid¹
- /ˈkɪd/
- [ˈkʰɪd]
Rhymes with -ɪd
Where it comes from
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.
noun kids
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A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.
She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.
Similar: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie
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A person whose childhood took place in a particular time period or area.
Only '90s kids will remember this toy.
Similar: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie
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One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
This is Bobby, he is our youngest kid.
Similar: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie
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Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult.
Here's looking at you, kid.
Similar: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie
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An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
2007 June 3, Eben Moglen, speech, Freeing the Mind: Free Software and the end of proprietary culture,
I remember as a kid lawyer working at IBM in the summer of 1983, when a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first time asked to buy 12000 IBM PCs in a single order.
Similar: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie
- A young goat. He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.
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Kidskin.
I have three pairs of kid gloves. I've had kid mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never real kid gloves with five fingers.
Similar: kid leather
- The meat of a young goat. So saying, he gathered together, and brought to a flame, the decaying brands which lay scattered on the ample hearth; took from the larger board a mess of pottage and seethed kid, placed it upon the small table at which he had himself supped, and without waiting the Jew's thanks, went to the other s
- A young antelope.
- A deception; an act of kidding somebody.
- A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food. peaceable, well-disposed chaps as ever eat duff (dough) out of a kid
verb kids · kidding · kidded
- To dupe or deceive. Are you kidding me?
- To deceive or dupe as a joke. Stop kidding me! It's not funny.
- To deceive oneself by having unrealistic expectations. You're kidding yourself if you think you can be a rockstar.
- To mock or make a fool of (someone) in a playful way. They were always kidding her for her stutter.
- To joke. You must be kidding!
- Of a goat: to give birth. That nanny over there with the white tail has kidded every year for the last five years.
kid²
- /ˈkɪd/
- [ˈkʰɪd]
Rhymes with -ɪd
Where it comes from
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *kidde, from Old English *cydde (“pouch, belly”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddijā, derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“bag, sack, pod, shell, husk”).
noun kids
- A seed pod, usually of a leguminous plant.
kid³
- /ˈkɪd/
- [ˈkʰɪd]
Rhymes with -ɪd
Where it comes from
Compare Welsh cidysen.
noun kids
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Synonym of faggot (“bundle of heath and furze”).
Now, for as much as this Fowle is a great deſtruction vnto the young Spawne or Frie of Fiſh, it ſhall bee good for the preſeruation thereof, to ſtake down into the bottomes of your Ponds good long Kids or Faggots of bruſh-woods, […]
Similar: faggot
KID⁴
Where it comes from
Abbreviation
proper noun the KID
- Initialism of King's Indian Defence
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: kidskin, tyke, tike, chaff, fry, shaver, nestling, small fry, nipper, tiddler, youngster, child, jolly, banter, minor, calf
Translations
Every language
noun child (colloq.)
| Español | niño, buqui, chamaco, chamo, chango, chino |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 子供 kodomo, 子 ko |
| 中文 | 孩子 háizi, 小孩 xiǎohái |
| हिन्दी | बच्चा baccā, बच्ची baccī |
| Português | criança, miúdo, piá, guri |
| Français | gamin, gosse, bambin, môme |
| Deutsch | Kind |
| Italiano | bambino, bimbo |
| Русский | ребёнок rebjónok, па́рень párenʹ, девчо́нка devčónka |
| Tiếng Việt | nhóc, con nít |
| العربية | طِفْل ṭifl |
| עברית | ילד |
noun young person (colloq.)
| Español | chico, muchacho, cabro, chango, chaval, chavalo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 어린이 eorini |
| 日本語 | 小僧 kozō, 童 warawa |
| Português | jovem, moleque |
| Français | gamin, gosse, flo |
| Deutsch | Bursche, Bube, Halbstarker |
| Italiano | ragazzo |
| Русский | мальчи́шка malʹčíška, девчо́нка devčónka, паца́н pacán |
noun young goat
| Español | cabrito, chivo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 子ヤギ ko-yagi |
| 中文 | 小山羊 xiǎoshānyáng |
| Kiswahili | mwanambuzi |
| Português | cabrita, cabrito |
| Français | chevreau, biquet |
| Deutsch | Kitz, Zicklein, Geißlein |
| Italiano | capretto |
| Ελληνικά | κατσικάκι katsikáki, κατσίκι katsíki |
| Română | ied, iadă |
| Русский | козлёнок kozljónok |
| العربية | جَدْي jady |
| עברית | גדי g'dí |
noun young antelope
| 日本語 | 子レイヨウ ko-reiyō |
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verb deceive (as a joke)
| Deutsch | an der Nase herumführen, veräppeln |
|---|---|
| Русский | надува́ть naduvátʹ |
verb mock playfully
| Español | tomar el pelo |
|---|---|
| Português | enganar, caçoar |
| Français | se moquer, niaiser, faire marcher, charrier |
| Deutsch | verarschen, veräppeln |
| Русский | дразни́ть draznítʹ |
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