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kid
CIDE DICTIONARY
kid, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki, Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.].
- A young goat. [1913 Webster]"The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid." [1913 Webster]
- A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on. Charles Reade. [1913 Webster]
- A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Gloves made of kid. [1913 Webster]
- A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. Cooper. [1913 Webster]
- Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a youthful expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
kid, v. i.
To bring forth a young goat. [1913 Webster]
kid, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.].
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. Wright. [1913 Webster]
kid, p. p.
of Kythe. Gower. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
kid, v. t.
See Kiddy, v. t. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kid, n. & v.
--n.
1 a young goat.
2 the leather made from its skin.
3 sl. a child or young person.
--v.intr. (kidded, kidding) (of a goat) give birth.
--n.
1 a young goat.
2 the leather made from its skin.
3 sl. a child or young person.
--v.intr. (kidded, kidding) (of a goat) give birth.
Idiom
handle with kid gloves handle in a gentle, delicate, or gingerly manner. kid brother (or sister) sl. a younger brother or sister. kid-glove (attrib.) dainty or delicate. kids' stuff sl. something very simple.
kid, v. (kidded, kidding) colloq.
1 tr. & also refl. deceive, trick (don't kid yourself; kidded his mother that he was ill).
2 tr. & intr. tease (only kidding).
1 tr. & also refl. deceive, trick (don't kid yourself; kidded his mother that he was ill).
2 tr. & intr. tease (only kidding).
Idiom
no kidding (or kid) sl. that is the truth.
Derivative
kidder n. kiddingly adv.
kid, n. hist. a small wooden tub, esp. a sailor's mess tub for grog or rations.
Etymology
perh. var. of KIT(1)
THESAURUS
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, youthROGET THESAURUS
kid
Infant
N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.Wit
VB joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes, perpetrate a joke, pun, perpetrate a pun, make fun of, make merry with, kid, kid around, fool around, set the table in a roar, retort, banter, ridentem dicere verum, joke at one's expense, take in jest, bomb, fall flat, go over like a lead balloon.Also see definition of "kid" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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