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Syllabification: (kid)
Pronunciation: /kid/
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Definition of kid

noun

  • 1 informal a child or young person.
  • used as an informal form of address:get going, kid!
  • 2a young goat.
  • leather made from a young goat’s skin: [as modifier]:white kid gloves

verb (kids, kidding, kidded)

[no object]
  • (of a goat) give birth.

Phrases

kids' (also kid) stuff

informal a thing regarded as childishly simple or naive:all this was kids' stuff though, compared to the directing

Origin:

Middle English (1sense 2 of the noun): from Old Norse kith, of Germanic origin; related to German Kitze

Kid, meaning ‘child,’ although widely seen in informal contexts, should, like its casual relatives mom and dad, be avoided in formal writing.

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