1. kid(n = noun.person) child, fry, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
is a kind of juvenile, juvenile person
has parts: child's body
has particulars: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif
2. kid(n = noun.substance) kidskin - soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves"
is a kind of leather
3. kid(n = noun.person) kyd, thomas kid, thomas kyd - English dramatist (1558-1594);
is a kind of dramatist, playwright
4. kid(n = noun.person) child - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college"
is a kind of issue, offspring, progeny
is a member of family, family unit
has particulars: army brat, babe, baby, infant, female offspring, male offspring, man-child, stepchild
5. kid(n = noun.animal) - young goat;
is a kind of caprine animal, goat
1. kid(v = verb.communication) pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?"
is one way to befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
2. kid(v = verb.communication) banter, chaff, jolly, josh - be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
is one way to bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody
1. A young goat. [1913 Webster]
"The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid." [1913 Webster]
2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on. Charles Reade. [1913 Webster]
3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc. [1913 Webster]
4. Gloves made of kid. [1913 Webster]
5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. Cooper. [1913 Webster]
6. Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a youthful expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To bring forth a young goat. [1913 Webster]
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. Wright. [1913 Webster]
of Kythe. Gower.
See Kiddy,
kid, n. & v.
--n.
1 a young goat.
2 the leather made from its skin.
3 sl. a child or young person.
--v.intr. (kidded, kidding) (of a goat) give birth.
Idiom:
handle with kid gloves handle in a gentle, delicate, or gingerly manner. kid brother (or sister) sl. a younger brother or sister. kid-glove (attrib.) dainty or delicate. kids' stuff sl. something very simple.
kid, v. (kidded, kidding) colloq.
1 tr. & also refl. deceive, trick (don't kid yourself; kidded his mother that he was ill).
2 tr. & intr. tease (only kidding).
Idiom:
no kidding (or kid) sl. that is the truth.
Derivative:
kidder n. kiddingly adv.
kid, n. hist. a small wooden tub, esp. a sailor's mess tub for grog or rations.
Etymology:
perh. var. of KIT(1)
N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.
VB joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes, perpetrate a joke, pun, perpetrate a pun, make fun of, make merry with, kid, kid around, fool around, set the table in a roar, retort, banter, ridentem dicere verum, joke at one's expense, take in jest, bomb, fall flat, go over like a lead balloon.
billie the kid, handle with kid gloves, kid around, kid fox, kid glove, say hey kid, thomas kid, with kid gloves