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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).
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Kidding
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Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English kide < Old Norse kith
1150–1200; Middle English kide < Old Norse kith
Related forms
kid·dish, adjective
kid·dish·ness, noun
kid·like, adjective
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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.
Related forms
kid·der, noun
kid·ding·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. tease, josh, rib.
1. tease, josh, rib.
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Word Origin & History
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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