KID (kidded, kidding)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: kidded    , kidding   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kid mean? 

• KID (noun)
  The noun KID has 5 senses:

1. a young person of either sex

2. soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat

3. English dramatist (1558-1594)

4. a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

5. young goat

  Familiarity information: KID used as a noun is common.

• KID (verb)
  The verb KID has 2 senses:

1. tell false information to for fun

2. be silly or tease one another

  Familiarity information: KID used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A young person of either sex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster

Context example:

'tiddler' is a British term for youngster

Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):

juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)

Meronyms (parts of "kid"):

child's body (the body of a human child)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kid"):

buster (a robust child)

street child; waif (a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned)

urchin (poor and often mischievous city child)

bambino; toddler; tot; yearling (a young child)

sprog (a child)

silly (a word used for misbehaving children)

kindergartener; kindergartner; preschooler (a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten)

poster child (a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes)

picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)

peanut (a young child who is small for his age)

orphan (a child who has lost both parents)

kiddie; kiddy (informal term for a young child)

imp; monkey; rapscallion; rascal; scalawag; scallywag; scamp (one who is playfully mischievous)

foster-child; foster child; fosterling (a child who is raised by foster parents)

child prodigy; infant prodigy; wonder child (a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age)

changeling (a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy)

bairn (a child: son or daughter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

kid; kidskin

Context example:

kid gloves

Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):

leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

Sense 3

Meaning:

English dramatist (1558-1594)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Kid; Kyd; Thomas Kid; Thomas Kyd

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

child; kid

Context example:

they were able to send their kids to college

Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):

issue; offspring; progeny (the immediate descendants of a person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kid"):

army brat (the child of a career officer of the United States Army)

babe; baby; infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk)

female offspring (a child who is female)

male offspring; man-child (a child who is male)

stepchild (a child of your spouse by a former marriage)

Holonyms ("kid" is a member of...):

family; family unit (primary social group; parents and children)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Young goat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):

caprine animal; goat (any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns)

• KID (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they kid    ... he / she / it kids   
Past simple: kidded   
Past participle: kidded   
-ing form: kidding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tell false information to for fun

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

kid; pull the leg of

Context example:

Are you pulling my leg?

Hypernyms (to "kid" is one way to...):

befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in (fool or hoax)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be silly or tease one another

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

banter; chaff; jolly; josh; kid

Context example:

After we relaxed, we just kidded around

Hypernyms (to "kid" is one way to...):

bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit (harass with persistent criticism or carping)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Mothers of nearly 4,000 children who took part in the study responded to questions on their kids’ media habits when they were 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months of age.

(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)

For most kids and teens, technology is an important part of their lives.

(Internet Safety, NIH)

As kids spend more time watching TV, they spend less time running and playing.

(Exercise for Children, NIH)

She took the kid out, and it told her that the wolf had come and had eaten all the others.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Both parents and kids need to know the dangers.

(Inhalants, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Kids, this page is for you.

(Children's Page, NIH)

Kids who have behavior problems are at higher risk for school failure, mental health problems, and even suicide.

(Child Behavior Disorders, NIH)

Not only will this help the kids, but it also takes away time for screen use, which is related to a lot of mixed outcomes.

(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It might be even more worrisome, in that kids in urban environments are operating in more of a toxic chemical soup than kids in a more rural environment.

(Infants, Toddlers at More Risk from Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke than Thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Does your child seem much shorter - or much taller - than other kids his or her age?

(Growth Disorders, NIH)