kid
noun
[ kɪd ]
• a child or young person.
• "she collected the kids from school"
Similar:
child,
youngster,
little one,
young one,
baby,
toddler,
infant,
boy/girl,
young person,
minor,
juvenile,
adolescent,
teenager,
youth,
stripling,
offspring,
son/daughter,
bairn,
wean,
pickney,
kiddie,
nipper,
tot,
tiny,
kiddiewink,
shaver,
young 'un,
sprog,
rug rat,
ankle-biter,
babe,
brat,
urchin,
• a young goat.
kid
verb
• (of a goat) give birth.
• "milk fever usually occurs in heavy milkers shortly after kidding"
Origin:
Middle English (in kid1 (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old Norse kith, of Germanic origin; related to German Kitze .
kid
verb
• deceive (someone) in a playful way; tease.
• "you're kidding me!"
Similar:
joke,
tease,
jest,
chaff,
be facetious,
pretend,
play,
fool about,
fool around,
pull someone's leg,
wind up,
have on,
rib,
josh,
pull someone's chain,
fun,
shuck,
Origin:
early 19th century: perhaps from kid1, expressing the notion ‘make a child or goat of’.
kid
noun
• a small wooden tub, especially a sailor's mess tub for grog or rations.
Origin:
mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of kit1.
