kid 
kid (kid)
noun
- a young goat or, occasionally, antelope
- its flesh, used as a food
- leather made from the skin of young goats, used for gloves, shoes, etc.
- gloves or shoes made of this leather
- Informal a child or young person
Etymology: ME kide, prob. < Anglo-N, akin to ON kith, Dan & Swed kid, Ger kitze
adjective
- made of kidskin
- ☆ Informal younger my kid sister
transitive verb, intransitive verb kid′·ded, kid′·ding
- to give birth to (a kid or kids): said of goats or antelopes
- Informal
- to deceive or fool in a playful way
- to tease or ridicule playfully
kid around
to engage in joking, horseplay, etc.
no kidding!
Informal I can hardly believe it!: an exclamation of doubt or surprise
kid
n.
Converse of object
- entertain: This is a really fun film, a little predictable, but still well worth entertaining the kids with over the summer holidays.
- amuse: With this mix there will be enough to keep both adults and kids amused.
- teach: Scarlett hopes the website will teach kids that learning to sign can be fun.
- let: I think that letting the big kids be involved is important.
- keep: General tips for summer fun: § Keep kids hydrated with lots of water or no added sugar fruit juice.
Adjective modifier
- cute: Outside the shop a cute little kid offered us some postcards worth under a rouble, for a dollar!
- cool: Events June Event Madness All the cool kids are going.
- young: You do best in the city with adults - young kids could crush you!
- crazy: CLICK HERE to see some of you crazy kids lining up.
- little: You yell at little kids for getting their feet wet in the door trough.
- rich: Posted by: Richard II at July 1, 2006 08:04 AM I called Bush " a spoilt little rich kid " .
Preposition: on
- block: Also joining in the fray is new kid on the block XGI, which has three cards that we'll be seeing this year.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- aside: All kidding aside, it is atmospheric, jarringly disturbing, and tends to defy classification or pigeon-holing.
Preposition: in
- tow: Started off this morning by helping Steve at work, running errands with kids in tow.
Noun used with modifier
- indie: Down the road, a couple of thousand Leeds indie kids are blindly watching the Kaiser Chiefs at the Met Uni.
- neighborhood: When parker finally when neighborhood kids a family vacation.
- whizz: Would some literary whizz kid in the club care to write a review or two?
- comeback: So does the comeback kid think he could pull it off one more time?
- street: The street kids followed with a rendition of ' Joy to the World ' .
- florida: Assistant vise florida kid care health insurance president the way to premiums for decades in which both.
Here's looking at you, kid.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw likethe ox. And thesucking child shall playonthehole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice'den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the L, as the waters cover the sea.
To be a successful father, there's oneabsoluterule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
: When you're a kid you use the cards as a substitute for a real experience, and when you're older you use real experience as a substitute for the fantasy.
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