kid

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A child or young person (informal).

   She's just a kid, so it's normal for her to have imaginary friends.

2. 2
   verb

   To joke with someone or tease them in a friendly way.

   Don't worry, I'm only kidding you.

3. 3
   noun

   A young goat.

   The farmer kept the new kid close to its mother.

Common collocations

• little kid Adjective + noun
• smart kid Adjective + noun
• have a kid Verb + noun
• tough kid Adjective + noun
• raise a kid Verb + noun
• discipline a kid Verb + noun
• spoil a kid Verb + noun

From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydn-, *ǵʰaydn- (“goat”) or Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ- (“kid, goatling, little goat”). Compare Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec. The sense of child has been in use since the 1590s as slang, and since the 1840s in informal use.

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