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kid

1  [kid] 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.
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Origin:
1150–1200; ME kide < ON kith

Related forms:
kiddish, adjective
kid⋅dish⋅ness, noun
kidlike, adjective
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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.
Origin:
1805–15; perh. special use of kid 1

Related forms:
kidder, noun
kid⋅ding⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. tease, josh, rib.
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kid   (kĭd)   
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.

  3. Informal

    1. A child.

    2. A young person.

  4. Slang Pal. Used as a term of familiar address, especially for a young person: Hi, kid! What's up?

adj.  

  1. Made of kid.

  2. Informal Younger than oneself: my kid brother.

v.   kid·ded, kid·ding, kids

v.   tr. Informal

  1. To mock playfully; tease. See Synonyms at banter.

  2. To deceive in fun; fool.

v.   intr.

  1. Informal To engage in teasing or good-humored fooling.

  2. To bear young. Used of a goat or an antelope.


[Middle English kide, from Old Norse kidh.]
kid'der n., kid'ding·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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