kid glove

noun

1. a glove made of kid leather.

kid glove

noun

1. a glove made of kidskin

2. to treat with great tact or caution

adjective

1. overdelicate or overrefined

2. diplomatic; tactful

   a kidglove approach

Word History and Origins

Origin of kid glove¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. handle with kid gloves, to treat with extreme tact or gentleness.

   He's upset, so handle him with kid gloves today.

Example Sentences

By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.

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Rowling wants you to know that “Harry Potter” actors “have every right” to disagree with her about trans rights — but she’s taking the kid gloves off.

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He is a two-way star, coming off a second career Tommy John surgery, who has been managed with kid gloves and bubblewrap in his return to pitching duties this year.

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"From now on, the kid gloves are off - it's bare-knuckle stuff."

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Arteta has handled Nwaneri with kid gloves since giving him his debut, but felt this was the time and place to give him the biggest spotlight of his career so far.

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