Dictionary Definition
kid
Noun
1 a young person of either sex; "she writes books
for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term
for youngsters" [syn: child, 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: kidskin]
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]
[ant: parent]
5 young goat
Verb
1 tell false information to for fun; "Are you
pulling my leg?" [syn: pull the
leg of]
2 be silly or tease one another; "After we
relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: chaff, jolly, josh, banter] [also: kidding, kidded]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪd
Noun
Synonyms
- (3) kid leather,
- (5) kiddie, nipper
Translations
young goat
kidskin
young antelope
child (colloq.)
- French: gamin, gosse, bambin
- German: Kind
- Icelandic: barn , krakki
- Maltese: tfajjel
- Russian: ребёнок (rebjónok) ; малыш (malýš)
- Spanish: niño , buqui italbrac Northwestern Mexico, chamaco italbrac Mexican standard usage, chamo italbrac Venezuela, chango , chino italbrac Colombia, cipote , crío italbrac Spain, güila italbrac Costa Rica, huerco italbrac Northeastern Mexico, nene , patojo italbrac Guatemala
young person (colloq.)
- German: Kind
- Icelandic: barn , krakki
- Russian: мальчишка (mal’číška) , девчонка (devčónka) ; пацан (patsán)
- Spanish: chico , muchacho , cabro italbrac Chile, chango italbrac Bolivia, chaval italbrac Spain, chavalo italbrac Nicaragua, chavo italbrac Mexico, chiquillo italbrac Chile, lolo italbrac Chile, pelado italbrac Colombia, pibe italbrac Argentina
Related terms
Verb
- transitive colloquial To make a fool of (someone)
- transitive colloquial To make a joke with (someone)
- Of a goat, to give birth to kids
- intransitive colloquial To joke
- You're kidding!
- Only kidding
- You're kidding!
Translations
make a fool of
- Russian: надувать (naduvát’)
make a joke with
- Russian: дразнить (draznít’), подшучивать над (podšúčivat’ nad, + instr.)
You're kidding!
See also
Extensive Definition
Kid or Kids may also refer to:
In computing and video gaming:
- Kid (Chrono Cross), a major character in the PlayStation role-playing game Chrono Cross
- Kid (Mario), a character in the handheld versions of the Mario Golf video game series
- Kid (templating language), a template engine for XML-based vocabularies written in Python
- KID, acronym of Kindle Imagine Develop, a Japanese computer game developer
- .kid, a
proposed top-level domain for websites designed for children
- .kids, another proposed domain for websites designed for children
- Kid, a character in the video game Jak II
- KID, an abbreviation for a chess opening called the King's Indian Defence
In film:
- Kids (film), a 1995 movie starring Chloë Sevigny, directed by Larry Clark
- Kid (film), a 1991 film starring C. Thomas Howell
In literature:
- Kid (book), a 1992 collection of poems by Simon Armitage
- Kids (1970s magazine), a children's magazine published in the early 1970s
- Kids (2000s magazine), a children's magazine published in the mid-2000s by Martha Stewart
In music:
- Kid (rapper), Christopher "Kid" Reid, half of American hip hop duo Kid 'n Play
- "Kid" (song), a song by The Pretenders from their 1980 album Pretenders
- "Kids" (song), a song by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue
- "Kids" (Jamiroquai song)
- "Kids" (The Concretes song)
- "Kids", song from the 1958 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie
In medicine:
- KID, a domain of the transcription factor CREB
- KID syndrome, a rare hereditary condition characterized by keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness
In organizations:
- Kids (charity), a British charity for disabled children
In television:
- "Kids" (House episode), an episode of the television series House
- "Kids" (Serial Experiments Lain episode), an episode of the anime Serial Experiments Lain
See also
- "Chad Gadya" (English: "One Kid"), a traditional Jewish Passover song
- lookfrom Kid
- The Kid (disambiguation)
- Kidd (disambiguation)
- Kidding
kid in German: Kid
kid in Dutch: Kids
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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