kid

Plural: kids

Noun

a young person of either sex
- "they're just kids"
soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
- "kid gloves"
English dramatist (1558-1594)
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
- "they were able to send their kids to college"
young goat
A child (usually) or young adult.
A child (usually) or young adult.
A person whose childhood took place in a particular time period or area.
A child (usually) or young adult.
One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
A child (usually) or young adult.
Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult.
A child (usually) or young adult.
An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
A young goat.
A young goat.
Kidskin.
A young goat.
The meat of a young goat.
A young antelope.
A deception; an act of kidding somebody.
A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
Synonym of faggot (“bundle of heath and furze”).

Verb

Verb Forms: kidded, kidding, kids

To tease or joke with someone playfully.
tell false information to for fun
be silly or tease one another
- "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
To dupe or deceive.
To dupe or deceive.
To deceive or dupe as a joke.
To dupe or deceive.
To deceive oneself by having unrealistic expectations.
To mock or make a fool of (someone) in a playful way.
To joke.
Of a goat: to give birth.

Examples

Are you kidding me?
He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.
He tried to KID his opponent into making a bad move, but she saw right through it.
He's been living in Los Angeles for years now, but he's a Florida kid.
I kid you not!
I'm only kidding!
No kidding!
Only '90s kids will remember this toy.
She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.
Stop kidding me! It's not funny.
That nanny over there with the white tail has kidded every year for the last five years.
They were always kidding her for her stutter.
This is Bobby, he is our youngest kid.
You must be kidding!
You're kidding yourself if you think you can be a rockstar.
You're kidding!

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydn-, *ǵʰaydn- (“goat”) or Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ- (“kid, goatling, little goat”). Compare Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec. The sense of child has been in use since the 1590s as cant, and since the 1840s in informal use.

Synonyms

banter, chaff, child, fry, jolly, josh, kidskin, Kyd, minor, nestling, nipper, pull the leg of, shaver, small fry, Thomas Kid, Thomas Kyd, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster, bairn, bitchling, brat, cabrito, chit, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, faggot, fuck trophy, fucklet, hump dumpling, juvenile, kid, kid leather, kiddie, little one, mini-me, moppet, munchkin, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, slip, sperm blossom, sperm bubbles, sperm buttercup, sprog, sprout, tart, terence, tot, young'un, youngling, youth

Antonyms

parent

Scrabble Score: 8

kid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
kid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
kid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

kid: valid Words With Friends Word