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See more synonyms for kid on Thesaurus.com Informal a child or young person. (used as a familiar form of address.) a young goat. leather made from the skin of a kid or goat, used in making shoes and gloves. a glove made from this leather. Show More
verb (used with or without object), kid·ded, kid·ding. (of a goat) to give birth to (young). Show More
made of kidskin . Informal younger: his kid sister. Show More
Origin of kid 1 1150–1200; Middle English kide < Old Norse kith
Related forms kid·dish , adjective kid·dish·ness , noun kid·like , adjective verb (used with object), kid·ded, kid·ding. to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She is always kidded about her accent. to humbug or fool. Show More
verb (used without object), kid·ded, kid·ding. to speak or act deceptively in jest; jest. Show More
Origin of kid 2 First recorded in
1805–15; perhaps special use of
kid1 Related forms kid·der , noun kid·ding·ly , adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for kidding joke ,
bother ,
tease ,
pretend ,
delude ,
flimflam ,
rag ,
razz ,
jest ,
jape ,
hoax ,
josh ,
banter ,
cozen ,
gull ,
jolly ,
dupe ,
trick ,
beguile ,
bamboozle Examples from the Web for kidding Contemporary Examples of kidding SURPRISES Downton Abbey You've got to be kidding me with this one.
“When they introduced me as vice president [of Zambia], he thought they were kidding ,” Scott said.
Kidding aside, Williams was publicly angry over the state of affairs.
Amid some media tumult, the first President Bush had to come out and say in essence, hey, kidding .
This is the same man who told Mike Ditka to go get him a juice box, so he's probably not kidding .
Historical Examples of kidding Then you're kidding about that horse going to start in the Thornton Stakes.
Say, mister, I was just kidding about being one of Gore's men.
Who do you think you're kidding , Bev, you sanctimonious hypocrite—me?
Well, I'd like to know what else you'd call it, kidding yourself along like that.
If you'll tell me what he said, maybe I'll be able to tell you whether or not I think he was kidding .
British Dictionary definitions for kidding the young of a goat or of a related animal, such as an antelope soft smooth leather made from the hide of a kid informal a young person; child (modifier) younger or being still a child kid brother ; kid sister our kid Liverpool dialect my younger brother or sister Show More
verb kids , kidding or kidded (of a goat) to give birth to (young) Show More
Derived Forms kiddishness , noun kidlike , adjective Word Origin for kid C12: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse kith, Shetland Islands kidi lamb
verb kids , kidding or kidded (sometimes foll by on or along ) informal (tr) to tease or deceive for fun (intr) to behave or speak deceptively for fun (tr) to delude or fool (oneself) into believing (something) don't kid yourself that no-one else knows Show More
Derived Forms kiddingly , adverb Word Origin for kid C19: probably from kid 1
Word Origin for kid C18: probably variant of kit 1 (in the sense: barrel)
a variant spelling of (Thomas) Kyd Show More
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Word Origin and History for kidding n. c.1200, "the young of a goat," from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse kið "young goat"), from Proto-Germanic *kiðjom (cf. Old High German kizzi , German kitze , Danish and Swedish kid ). Extended meaning of "child" first recorded as slang 1590s, established in informal usage by 1840s. Applied to skillful young thieves and pugilists since at least 1812. Kid stuff "something easy" is from 1913 (The phrase was in use about that time in reference to vaudeville acts or advertisements featuring children, and to children-oriented features in newspapers). Kid glove "a glove made of kidskin leather" is from 1680s; sense of "characterized by wearing kid gloves," therefore "dainty, delicate" is from 1856.
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v. "tease playfully," 1839, earlier, in thieves' cant, "to coax, wheedle, hoax" (1811), probably from kid (n.), via notion of "treat as a child, make a kid of." Related: Kidded ; kidding .
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Idioms and Phrases with kidding see all joking (kidding) aside; no kidding.
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In addition to the idioms beginning with kid
kid around kid gloves kid stuff kid the pants off also see:
Also seekidding.
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