kid

kid1 [ kıd ] noun ***

1. ) count INFORMAL a young adult:

a bunch of middle-class college kids

a ) kids plural someone's sons or daughters:

Have you got kids of your own?

We took the kids to the zoo last weekend.

b ) a child:

There was a group of kids playing in the street.

2. ) count a young goat

a ) uncount leather made from a young goat's skin:

elegant kid gloves

kid stuff

something that is very easy or not suitable for adults:

He thinks computer and video games are kid stuff.

new kid on the block

someone who has just started a new activity

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kid 2 [ kıd ] verb *

1. ) intransitive or transitive usually progressive MAINLY SPOKEN to say something that is not true, especially as a joke:

He said that? You're kidding me.

just/only kidding: Just kidding. Don't worry.

a ) I kid you not HUMOROUS used for saying that you are telling the truth

b ) no kidding SPOKEN used for emphasizing that something is true:

He was three hours late for the meeting; no kidding!

c ) are you kidding? SPOKEN used for saying that you do not believe or agree with what someone is saying:

Let's meet in the park. Are you kidding? In this weather?

d ) kid yourself INFORMAL to make yourself believe something that is not true:

Consumers may be kidding themselves about how much they'll spend over Christmas.

e ) who is someone kidding? or who is someone trying to kid? INFORMAL used for saying that someone wants you to believe something, but everyone knows it is not true:

Professional businesswoman? Who is she kidding?

2. ) transitive to make jokes about someone, but in a kind way:

kid someone about something: I always used to kid him about his hair.

,kid a`round phrasal verb intransitive usually progressive MAINLY SPOKEN

to behave in a silly way:

We didn't mean it, we were just kidding around.

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kid 3 [ kıd ] adjective only before noun INFORMAL

your kid brother or sister is your younger brother or sister