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Kidder

[kid] Origin

kid

2[kid] verb, kid·ded, kid·ding. Informal.
verb (used with object)
1.
to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She is always kidded about her accent.
2.
to humbug or fool.
verb (used without object)
3.
to speak or act deceptively in jest; jest.

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Kidder is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
1805–15; perhaps special use of kid1

kid·der, noun
kid·ding·ly, adverb


1. tease, josh, rib.

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kid2 (kɪd)
 
vb (sometimes foll by on or along) , kids, kidding, kidded
1.  (tr) to tease or deceive for fun
2.  (intr) to behave or speak deceptively for fun
3.  (tr) to delude or fool (oneself) into believing (something): don't kid yourself that no-one else knows
 
[C19: probably from kid1]
 
'kidder2
 
n
 
'kiddingly2
 
adv

kidder (ˈkɪdə)
 
n
1.  a person who kids
2.  dialect (Northern English) a brother or friend

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kid
"tease playfully" (1839), earlier, in thieves' cant, "to coax, wheedle, hoax" (1811), from kid (n.), via notion of "treat as a child, make a kid of."
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