kid

adjectiveonly before nouninformal

UK /kɪd/

1
your kid brother or sister is your younger brother or sister
Synonyms and related words
Brothers and sisters
bhai
bhuti
big

kid

adjectiveonly before nouninformal

US /kɪd/

1
your kid brother or sister is your younger brother or sister
Synonyms and related words
Brothers and sisters
bhuti
big
Br.

kid

noun

UK /kɪd/

Word Forms

singular	kid
plural	kids

1
countable informala child
There was a group of kids playing football in the street.
Synonyms and related words
Informal and humorous words used to refer to children
brat
brood
crybaby
1. 1a
  a young adult
  a bunch of middle-class college kids
  Synonyms and related words
  Informal and humorous words used to refer to children
  brat
  brood
  crybaby
2. 1b
  
  kids
  plural someone’s sons or daughters
  Have you got kids of your own?
  We took the kids to the zoo at the weekend.
  Synonyms and related words
  Sons and daughters and nephews and nieces
  bastard
  boy
  child
2
countable a young goat
Synonyms and related words
The young of animals
baby
brood
bullock
1. 2a
  uncountable leather made from a young goat’s skin
  elegant kid gloves
  Synonyms and related words
  Leather and animal skin used as cloth
  buckskin
  calfskin
  chamois
3
be/get down with the kids
to act young when really you aren’t
She dyed her hair red and pierced her nose just so she could be down with the kids.
Submitted by:
Ismail from Russian Federation on 03/08/2017
Open Dictionary - August2017

phrases

kids’ stuff

new kid on the block

kid

noun

US /kɪd/

Word Forms

singular	kid
plural	kids

1
countable informala young adult
a bunch of middle-class college kids
Synonyms and related words
Informal and humorous words used to refer to children
brat
brood
crybaby
1. 1a
  
  kids
  plural someone’s sons or daughters
  Have you got kids of your own?
  We took the kids to the zoo last weekend.
  Synonyms and related words
  Sons and daughters and nephews and nieces
  bastard
  boy
  child
2. 1b
  a child
  There was a group of kids playing in the street.
  Synonyms and related words
  Informal and humorous words used to refer to children
  brat
  brood
  crybaby
2
countable a young goat
Synonyms and related words
The young of animals
baby
brood
bullock
1. 2a
  uncountable leather made from a young goat’s skin
  elegant kid gloves
  Synonyms and related words
  Leather and animal skin used as cloth
  buckskin
  calfskin
  chamois
3
be/get down with the kids
to act young when really you aren’t
She dyed her hair red and pierced her nose just so she could be down with the kids.
Submitted by:
Ismail from Russian Federation on 03/08/2017
Open Dictionary - August2017

phrases

kid stuff

new kid on the block

kid

verb

UK /kɪd/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	kid
he/she/it	kids
present participle	kidding
past tense	kidded
past participle	kidded

1
intransitive/transitive usually progressivemainly spokento 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.
Synonyms and related words
To tell a joke or jokes
joke
tell
quip
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.
Synonyms and related words
To tell a joke or jokes
joke
tell
quip

phrases

are you kidding?

I kid you not

kid yourself

no kidding

who is someone kidding?

phrasal verbs

kid around

kid

verb

US /kɪd/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	kid
he/she/it	kids
present participle	kidding
past tense	kidded
past participle	kidded

1
intransitive/transitive usually progressivemainly spokento 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.
Synonyms and related words
To tell a joke or jokes
joke
tell
quip
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.
Synonyms and related words
To tell a joke or jokes
joke
tell
quip

phrases

are you kidding?

I kid you not

kid yourself

no kidding

who is someone kidding?

phrasal verbs

kid around

kid

kid

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kids

be/get down with the kids

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kids

be/get down with the kids

kid

kid ​‌

kid

kid

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