kiddo

[ kid-oh ]

noun,plural kid·dos, kid·does.
  1. Informal. (used as a familiar form of address.)

Origin of kiddo

1
First recorded in 1880–85; kid1 + -o

Words Nearby kiddo

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How to use kiddo in a sentence

  • Sure, he rambled some, teared up and kept calling his wife “kiddo.”

    Joe Biden’s Happy Warrior Speech | Michelle Cottle | September 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • It is the sweetest thing now you are mine and I am yours forever kiddo.

    Ramsey Milholland | Booth Tarkington
  • In this strange environment Tom was glad to hear the operator say, "H'lo, kiddo," just as he might have said it on the street.

    Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • I couldn't have proved—I mean—well, it isn't so easy to talk to Mr. Ellsworth as it is to you, kiddo.

    Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • Why, that was just what he was studyin' over; he was just puttin' that up to himself when he ran across the kiddo just now.

    Pippin; A Wandering Flame | Laura E. Richards
  • Say, kiddo, how did you find out what it feels like to be a lady?

    Ladies and Gentlemen  | Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb