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kidding

  • /ˈkɪdɪŋ/
  • [ˈkʰɪdɪŋ]
  • /ˈkɪɾɪŋ/
  • [ˈkʰɪɾɪŋ]

Rhymes with -ɪdɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of kid

noun kiddings

  1. countable, uncountable Joking, duping, or light-hearted deception.
  2. countable, uncountable The act of a goat giving birth. Attended kiddings allow owners to remove the kids from their dams prior to suckling and ingestion of colostrum.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: captain kidd, william kidd, prank, teasing, jest, banter, joking, taunting, joke, funny, mocking, travesty, levity, fun, skit, laugh

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"kidding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kidding. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kidding. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kidding

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"kidding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kidding.

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@misc{kidding_2026,
  title = {kidding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kidding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}