Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young goat.
- noun One of the young of certain similar animals.
- noun The flesh of a young goat.
- noun Leather made from the skin of a young goat; kidskin.
- noun An article made from this leather.
- noun A child.
- noun A young person.
- noun Slang Pal. Used as a term of familiar address, especially for a young person.
- adjective Made of the skin or with the meat of a young goat.
- adjective Informal Younger than oneself.
- intransitive verb To mock playfully; tease.
- intransitive verb To deceive in fun; fool.
- intransitive verb To deceive (oneself), especially by allowing one's desires to cloud one's judgment.
- intransitive verb To engage in teasing or good-humored fooling.
- intransitive verb To bear young. Used of a goat or similar animal.
- idiom (no kidding) Used to express surprise or disbelief.
- idiom (no kidding) Used to express scornful acknowledgment of the obvious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring forth (young): said especially of a goat.
- A Middle English preterit of
kithe . - Known; well-known; famous; renowned: formerly, in poetry, a general term of commendation.
- noun A small tub; nautical, a small tub or vessel in which sailors receive their food.
- noun A box or wooden pen built on the deck of a fishing-vessel to receive fish as they are caught.
- noun A fagot or bundle, as of heath or furze.
- noun A bundle of sticks or brush planted on a beach to stop shingle or gather sand, to act as a groin.
- noun A bundle of sticks or twigs strapped in front of the legs to help a rider to keep his seat on a bucking horse.
- To bind up, as a fagot.
- To hoax; humbug; deceive.
- noun A hoax: humbug.
- noun A young goat.
- noun The flesh of a young goat.
- noun Leather made from the skin of a kid, used in making shoes and gloves. Much of the leather so used and sold as “kid” is made from other skins.
- noun The roe deer in its first year.
- noun A child, especially a male child.
- noun plural Gloves made of kid or of the leather so called. See def. 3.
- Made of kid or of the leather so called.
- See I., 3.
- noun plural In astronomy, a pair of small stars in the constellation Auriga, represented as kids held in the hand of the charioteer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A young goat.
- noun Slang A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
- noun A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
- noun Colloq. & Low Gloves made of kid.
- noun A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
- noun Cant Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a youthful expert; -- chiefly used attributively.
- intransitive verb To bring forth a young goat.
- noun Prov. Eng. A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
- past participle obsolete of
kythe . - transitive verb Slang See
kiddy , v. t.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I can also read it that she would need a kid to play outside, but I think it's not all about ME (or Ann?) getting to play ... it's playing with a *kid* (preferably more than one, two or more always works better) in the snow.
It's just snow, people! Ann Althouse 2009
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Anyways — fast-forward like 25 years or something and this kid is a grown man name Perseus, but he totally looks like Jake Sully from AVATAR, buzz cut and everything.
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I'm glad the kid is alright and I hope Angel Rest in Peace!!!
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I'm glad the kid is alright and I hope Angel Rest in Peace!!!
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I have to remind myself when a kid is acting out its more than likely just a way to get attention!
Thing 1 and Thing 2 Beth McC. 2009
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Anyways — fast-forward like 25 years or something and this kid is a grown man name Perseus, but he totally looks like Jake Sully from AVATAR, buzz cut and everything.
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I have to remind myself when a kid is acting out its more than likely just a way to get attention!
Archive 2009-03-01 Beth McC. 2009
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But for Christine to say that children just want books about adventure or just being a kid is an oversimplification of what children truly want.
Debating Black Books Roger Sutton 2009
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Just when you think your kid is a wierdo, you find other kids doing the same thing.
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"Taking one night to go out and act like a kid is about all I can do."
Wiffle ball, dodgeball, kickball make sports fun for adults 2010
rweintr commented on the word kid
The NY Times crossword of 1-3-10 listed kid as the answer to the clue "a little butter". I am trying to figure out the connection. Is it a small goat will produce just a little butter? Seems weak to me.
January 25, 2010
pterodactyl commented on the word kid
Hmm... how about the verb "to butt"? Goats butt, so I guess you could call a goat a "butter", which would make a kid a "little butter".
January 25, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word kid
Sounds as if you're "butting heads" with the NY Times. (Does that help?)
Edit: pterodactyl beat me by 7 seconds. It really gets my goat when I forget to see whether someone else has already commented.
January 25, 2010
mollusque commented on the word kid
Can't stand pat with that one.
January 25, 2010