kid
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
kid
n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
term for youngster" [syn: {child}, {kid}, {youngster},
{minor}, {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler},
{tike}, {tyke}, {fry}, {nestling}]
2: soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid
gloves" [syn: {kid}, {kidskin}]
3: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: {Kyd}, {Kid}, {Thomas
Kyd}, {Thomas Kid}]
4: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had
three children"; "they were able to send their kids to
college" [syn: {child}, {kid}] [ant: {parent}]
5: young goat
v 1: tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my
leg?" [syn: {pull the leg of}, {kid}]
2: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {jolly}, {josh},
{banter}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kid \Kid\ (k[i^]d), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki[eth],
Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen,
kitzlein.]
1. (Zool.) A young goat.
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The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. --Is.
xi. 6.
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2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily
imposed on. [Slang] --Charles Reade.
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3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or
of the skin of rats, etc.; kidskin.
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4. pl. Gloves made of kidskin; kid gloves. [Colloq. & Low]
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5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one
in which they receive their food. --Cooper.
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6. Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a youthful
expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones.
[Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kid \Kid\, v. t.
1. To talk with in a joking or jesting manner; as, she kidded
him about his freckles. Often used with around; as, he was
just kidding around about the fire
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2. To jokingly tell a false story to; to fool; as, John told
Pete that he had talked to the movie star, but he was only
kidding him..
[PJC]
from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Kid
the young of the goat. It was much used for food (Gen. 27:9;
38:17; Judg. 6:19; 14:6). The Mosaic law forbade to dress a kid
in the milk of its dam, a law which is thrice repeated (Ex.
23:19; 34:26; Deut. 14:21). Among the various reasons assigned
for this law, that appears to be the most satisfactory which
regards it as "a protest against cruelty and outraging the order
of nature." A kid cooked in its mother's milk is "a gross,
unwholesome dish, and calculated to kindle animal and ferocious
passions, and on this account Moses may have forbidden it.
Besides, it is even yet associated with immoderate feasting; and
originally, I suspect," says Dr. Thomson (Land and the Book),
"was connected with idolatrous sacrifices."
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
160 Moby Thesaurus words for "kid":
babyhood, bairn, bamboozle, banter, be merry with, befool, billy,
billy goat, birdling, boyhood, breed, brood, buck, bud, calf,
catling, chaff, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chickling, chicky,
child, childkind, children, chit, colt, crack a joke, crack wise,
cub, darling, descendants, descent, doe, doeling, dogie, duckling,
fake out, family, fawn, fledgling, fleer at, flimflam, foal, fool,
fruit, fryer, fun, gibe at, girlhood, goat, gosling, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, gull, haze, he-goat, heirs, hoax, hoodwink,
hostages to fortune, inheritors, innocent, issue, jape, jest, jive,
joke, jolly, josh, juvenile, kid around, kids, kit, kitten, lamb,
lambkin, lineage, litter, little bugger, little fellow, little guy,
little innocent, little kids, little one, little ones, little tad,
little tot, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mite, mock,
moppet, mountain goat, nanny, nanny goat, needle, nest, nestling,
new generation, nipper, offspring, peewee, piglet, pigling,
play on words, poke fun at, polliwog, posterity, progeny, pullet,
pun, pup, puppy, put on, put one on, quip, rag, rally, razz, rib,
ride, ridicule, rising generation, roast, scintillate, scoff at,
seed, shaver, she-goat, shoat, small fry, sons, sparkle, spoof,
succession, tad, tadpole, tease, tot, tots, treasures, trick, twit,
utter a mot, weaner, wee tot, whelp, wisecrack, yeanling, young,
young blood, young fry, young people, youngling, younglings,
youngster, youngsters, youth
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