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Audio Help [kid] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, kid·ded, kid·ding, adjective

–noun

1.	Informal. a child or young person.

2.	(used as a familiar form of address.)

3.	a young goat.

4.	leather made from the skin of a kid or goat, used in making shoes and gloves.

5.	a glove made from this leather.

–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)

6.	(of a goat) to give birth to (young).

–adjective

7.	made of kidskin.

8.	Informal. younger: his kid sister.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME kide < ON kith

]

—Related forms

kiddish, adjective

kid·dish·ness, noun

kidlike, adjective

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Audio Help [kid] Pronunciation Key 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.

[Origin: 1805–15; perh. special use of kid¹

]

—Related forms

kidder, noun

kid·ding·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. tease, josh, rib.

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Kid

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–noun

Thomas. Kyd, Thomas.

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kid Audio Help (kĭd) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A young goat.
2. The young of a similar animal, such as an antelope.
3. The flesh of a young goat.
4. Leather made from the skin of a young goat; kidskin.
5. An article made from this leather.
6. A child.
7. A young person.
1. The flesh of a young goat.
2. Leather made from the skin of a young goat; kidskin.
3. An article made from this leather.
4. A child.
5. A young person.
Informal
1. A child.
2. A young person.
Slang Pal. Used as a term of familiar address, especially for a young person: Hi, kid! What's up?

adj.

Made of kid.
Informal Younger than oneself: my kid brother.

v. kid·ded, kid·ding, kids

v. tr. Informal

To mock playfully; tease. See Synonyms at banter.
To deceive in fun; fool.

v. intr.

Informal To engage in teasing or good-humored fooling.
To bear young. Used of a goat or an antelope.

[Middle English kide, from Old Norse kidh.]

kid'der n., kid'ding·ly adv.

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Kid Audio Help (kĭd) Pronunciation Key
See Thomas Kyd.

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Kyd or Kid Audio Help (kĭd) Pronunciation Key
English dramatist who wrote The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1584), is thought to have contributed to Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus and Henry VI, and may have written a version of Hamlet.

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kid (n.)

c.1200, "the young of a goat," from O.N. kið "young goat," from P.Gmc. *kiðjom (cf. Ger. kitz). Extended meaning of "child" first recorded as slang 1599, established in informal usage by 1840s. Kiddo first recorded 1896. Applied to skillful young thieves and pugilists since at least 1812. Kid stuff "something easy" is from 1923. Kid glove "a glove made of kidskin leather" is from 1687; sense of "characterized by wearing kid gloves," therefore "dainty, delicate" is from 1856.

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kid (v.)

"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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kid
noun
1.	a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "'tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
2.	soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves"
3.	English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd]
4.	a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" [syn: child] [ant: parent]
5.	young goat
verb
1.	tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" [syn: pull the leg of]
2.	be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

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kid

In addition to the idioms beginning with kid, also see handle with (kid) gloves. Also see kidding.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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kid1 [kid] noun

a popular word for a child or teenager (= younger brother)
Example: They've got three kids now, two boys and a girl; More than a hundred kids went to the disco last night; (also adjective) his kid brother

Arabic:	صَبي صَغير
Chinese (Simplified):	小孩
Chinese (Traditional):	小孩
Czech:	děcko, mrně; mládež; mladší
Danish:	barn; unge; ungt menneske; yngre
Dutch:	kind, jong mens
Estonian:	laps
Finnish:	muksu, pikku-
French:	enfant
German:	das Kind; kleinerer
Greek:	παιδί
Hungarian:	srác
Icelandic:	krakki
Indonesian:	anak

Japanese:	子供
Korean:	어린이, 젊은이
Latvian:	jaunākais brālis
Lithuanian:	vaikas
Norwegian:	unge; ungdom, yngre (bror, *søster)
Polish:	dzieciak
Portuguese (Brazil):	garoto
Portuguese (Portugal):	miúdo
Russian:	ребёнок
Slovak:	decko; mladší
Slovenian:	otrok
Spanish:	niño, crío, chaval
Swedish:	barn, unge, grabb, tjej; lille, lilla
Turkish:	çocuk

kid2 [kid] noun

a young goat

Arabic:	جَدي
Chinese (Simplified):	小山羊
Chinese (Traditional):	小山羊
Czech:	kůzle
Danish:	kid
Dutch:	geitje
Estonian:	kitsetall
Finnish:	kili
French:	chevreau, chevrette
German:	das Zicklein
Greek:	κατσικάκι
Hungarian:	gödölye
Icelandic:	kiðlingur
Indonesian:	anak kambing

Japanese:	子やぎ
Korean:	새끼 염소
Latvian:	kazlēns
Lithuanian:	ožkiukas
Norwegian:	geitekilling
Polish:	koźlę
Portuguese (Brazil):	cabrito
Portuguese (Portugal):	cabrito
Russian:	козлёнок
Slovak:	kozľa
Slovenian:	kozlič
Spanish:	cabrito, chivo
Swedish:	killing, kid
Turkish:	oğlak

kid3 [kid] noun

(also adjective) (of) the leather made from its skin
Example: slippers made of kid; kid gloves

Arabic:	جِلْد الجَدي
Chinese (Simplified):	小山羊皮；小羊山皮制的
Chinese (Traditional):	小山羊皮；小羊山皮制的
Czech:	kozinka; z kozinky
Danish:	kid-
Dutch:	geiteleer
Estonian:	kitsenahk
Finnish:	kilinnahka
French:	de chevreau
German:	das Ziegenleder; Ziegenleder-
Greek:	που είναι από δέρμα κατσικιού
Hungarian:	kecskebőr
Icelandic:	kiðlingaskinn; hanskaskinn
Indonesian:	kulit kambing

Japanese:	子やぎの皮 (の)
Korean:	새끼 염소 가죽(으로 만든)
Latvian:	smalkāda; smalkādas-
Lithuanian:	ožkos oda
Norwegian:	geiteskinn
Polish:	koźla skórka, z koźlęcej skórki
Portuguese (Brazil):	de couro de cabrito
Portuguese (Portugal):	couro
Russian:	лайковый
Slovak:	kozin(k)a; z kozin(k)y
Slovenian:	iz kozličevine
Spanish:	cabritilla
Swedish:	getskinn
Turkish:	oğlak derisinden yapılan kösele

kid [kid] verb — past tense, past participle ˈkidded

to deceive or tease, especially harmlessly
Example: We were kidding him about the girl who keeps ringing him up; He kidded his wife into thinking he'd forgotten her birthday; He didn't mean that — he was only kidding!

Arabic:	يَمْزَح، يَسْخَر
Chinese (Simplified):	哄骗
Chinese (Traditional):	哄騙
Czech:	žertovat, dělat si legraci
Danish:	drille
Dutch:	plagen, wijsmaken
Estonian:	narritama
Finnish:	kiusoitella
French:	plaisanter, faire marcher
German:	foppen. aufziehen
Greek:	πειράζω αθώα, κοροϊδεύω, κάνω πλάκα

Hungarian:	ugrat
Icelandic:	gera að gamni sínu; leika á
Japanese:	からかう
Korean:	농담하다, 놀리다
Lithuanian:	šaipytis iš, juoktis iš, apgaudinėti
Polish:	nabierać, żartować
Portuguese (Brazil):	brincar, pregar uma peça
Portuguese (Portugal):	brincar
Russian:	разыгрывать; дразнить
Spanish:	bromear, tomar el pelo, hacer creer
Turkish:	şaka yapmak, gırgır geçmek

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Kernel language for Id. A refinement of P-TAC, used as an intermediate language for Id. Lambda-calculus with first-class let-blocks and I-structures.
["A Syntactic Approach to Program Transformations", Z. Ariola et al, SIGPLAN Notices 26(9):116-129 (Sept 1991)].
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Kid

Kid\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki?, Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) A young goat.

The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. --Is. xi. 6.

2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on. [Slang] --Charles Reade.

3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.

4. pl. Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]

5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. --Cooper.

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Kid

Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidding.] To bring forth a young goat.

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Kid

Kid\, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.] A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.

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Kid

Kid\, p. p. of Kythe. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer.

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Kid

Kid\, v. t. See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]

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Kid

Kid\, n. Among pugilists, thieves, etc., a youthful expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones. [Cant]

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