kid

/kɪd/

noun 6verb 5name 1

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

little, young

big, older

My big kid just started middle school, but my younger one is still in elementary.

cute, good, lovely, nice

poor

That poor kid never had a chance to go to school like the other children.

rich

The rich kids at school always had the newest gadgets and designer clothes.

local

The local kids always played football in the park after school.

street

Many street kids in the city have learned to fend for themselves.

school (also schoolkid)

QUANT

bunch, couple

A couple of kids were playing in the park after school.

VERB + KID

have

After they got married, they decided to have kids within the next few years.

bring up

My parents brought me up to always tell the truth.

look after, take care of

PHRASES

just/only a kid

She was just a kid when she first learned to ride a bicycle.

like a kid

When he got the toy, he started jumping around like a kid at his birthday party.

Definitions

noun

1

A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.

She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.

“So you’ve got the kid,” said Sikes, when they had all reached the room: closing the door as he spoke. ¶ “Yes, here he is,” replied Nancy. ¶ “Did he come quiet?” inquired Sikes. ¶ “Like a lamb,” rejoined Nancy.

2

A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.

Only '90s kids will remember this toy.

He's been living in Los Angeles for years now, but he's a Florida kid.

3

A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.

This is Bobby, he is our youngest kid.

4

A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.

Here's looking at you, kid.

5

A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.

2007 June 3, Eben Moglen, speech, Freeing the Mind: Free Software and the end of proprietary culture, I remember as a kid lawyer working at IBM in the summer of 1983, when a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first time asked to buy 12000 IBM PCs in a single order.

verb

1

To dupe or deceive.

Are you kidding me?

I kid you not!

2

To dupe or deceive.

Stop kidding me! It's not funny.

3

To dupe or deceive.

You're kidding yourself if you think you can be a rockstar.

4

To mock or make a fool of (someone) in a playful way.

They were always kidding her for her stutter.

5

To joke.

You're kidding!

You must be kidding!

noun

1

Synonym of faggot (“bundle of heath and furze”).

Now, for as much as this Fowle is a great deſtruction vnto the young Spawne or Frie of Fiſh, it ſhall bee good for the preſeruation thereof, to ſtake down into the bottomes of your Ponds good long Kids or Faggots of bruſh-woods, […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a young person of either sex

child
youngster
minor
shaver
nipper
tiddler
tike

noun — a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

child

noun — English dramatist (1558-1594)

kyd

noun — soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat

kidskin

verb — be silly or tease one another

Antonyms

parent

Idioms & Phrases

handle with kid gloves

To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.

The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle the issue with kid gloves.

kid around

To engage in playful fun.

I think he was just kidding around when he said that, so don't take it personally.

new kid on the block

Someone or something new to an existing community.

While the Reform Party is the new kid on the block, its members who attended its first national convention this weekend acted like delegates to any other political convention.

new kid in town

Synonym of new kid on the block.

As the new kid in town, Renaissance had to almost muscle in to gain paths on a busy East Coast Main Line - but muscle in it did.

Example Bank

6

01

She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.

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02

“So you’ve got the kid,” said Sikes, when they had all reached the room: closing the door as he spoke. ¶ “Yes, here he is,” replied Nancy. ¶ “Did he come quiet?” inquired Sikes. ¶ “Like a lamb,” rejoi

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03

I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.” As luck would have it, I never met one,—only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either.

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04

Are you kidding me?

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05

I kid you not!

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06

"They are all very suspicious about the wording. I am always thinking up new ways of kidding them."

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, kid is marked as informal, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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