kid

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Two kids - one human, one goat.

adjective

Kid is defined as something made from the hide of a young goat.
An example of something kid are kid gloves, gloves made from very delicate leather.

noun

The definition of a kid is a child or a young goat, or the leather or meat of a young goat.
1. An example of a kid is a child in the first grade.
2. An example of a kid is a baby goat born on a farm.

verb

Kid means to tease or deceive in a fun way.
An example of kid is to tell a joke in a speech that makes fun of someone in your office.

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kid

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.
[pl.] gloves or shoes made of this leather
Informal a child or young person

Origin of kid

Middle English kide, probably from Anglo-N, akin to Old Norse kith, Danish and Swedish kid, German kitze

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
1. to deceive or fool (someone) in a playful way
2. to tease or ridicule (someone) playfully

kid Idioms

kid around

Informal to engage in joking, horseplay, etc.

no kidding!

Informal I can hardly believe it!: an exclamation of doubt or surprise

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kid

noun

a. A young goat.
b. One of the young of certain similar animals.
a. The flesh of a young goat.
b. Leather made from the skin of a young goat; kidskin.
c. An article made from this leather.
Informal
a. A child.
b. A young person.
Slang Pal. Used as a term of familiar address, especially for a young person: Hi, kid! What's up?

adjective

Made of the skin or with the meat of a young goat.
Informal Younger than oneself: my kid brother.

verb

kid·ded, kid·ding, kids

verb

transitive

To mock playfully; tease: They kidded me about my mismatched socks.
To deceive in fun; fool: I could only hope they were kidding me when they said my car had been stolen.
To deceive (oneself), especially by allowing one's desires to cloud one's judgment: You're kidding yourself if you think that plan will work.

verb

intransitive

To engage in teasing or good-humored fooling: You want that much for your old car? You must be kidding!
To bear young. Used of a goat or similar animal.

Origin of kid

Middle English kide from Old Norse kidh

Related Forms:

kid′der
noun

kid′ding·ly
adverb

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Noun

(plural kids)

A young goat.
Of a goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.
Kidskin.
(uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
A young antelope.
(colloquial) A child or young person.
She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.
(colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
(nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present kids, present participle kidding, simple past and past participle kidded)

(colloquial) To make a fool of (someone)
(colloquial) To make a joke with (someone)
(intransitive) Of a goat, to give birth to kids
(intransitive, colloquial) To joke
You're kidding!
Only kidding

Origin

From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaidn-, *ǵʰaidn- (“goat”). Compare Swedish, Danish kid, from Proto-Germanic *kiðjom, compare German Kitz, Kitze and Albanian keð,kec (“a kid”).