kid
Translingual
Symbol
kid
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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.
Sense of child since 1590s as cant, since 1840s in informal use.[1][2]
Noun
kid (countable and uncountable, plural kids)
- A young goat.
- He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.
- 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 249:
- I went indeed intending to kill a Kid out of my own Flock, and bring him home and dreſs it. But as I was going, I ſaw a She Goat lying down in the Shade, and two young Kids ſitting by her, […]
- 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
- The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.
- (uncountable) Kidskin.
- Synonym: kid leather
- 1912, Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs: Letter 3:
- I have three pairs of kid gloves. I've had kid mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never real kid gloves with five fingers.
- (uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
- Synonym: cabrito
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 85–86:
- So saying, he gathered together, and brought to a flame, the decaying brands which lay scattered on the ample hearth; took from the larger board a mess of pottage and seethed kid, placed it upon the small table at which he had himself supped, and without waiting the Jew's thanks, went to the other side of the hall;—[…].
- A young antelope.
- (informal) A child (usually), teenager, or young adult; a juvenile.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:child
- She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.
- 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Wherein Oliver Is Delivered over to Mr. William Sikes”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 12:
- “So you’ve got the kid,” said Sikes, when they had all reached the room: closing the door as he spoke. ¶ “Yes, here he is,” replied Nancy. ¶ “Did he come quiet?” inquired Sikes. ¶ “Like a lamb,” rejoined Nancy.
- 1897 March 13 – June 19, Richard Marsh [pseudonym; Richard Bernard Heldmann], “What the Tidings Were”, in The Beetle (The Adelphi Library; 4), London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, […], published 1920, →OCLC, book IV (In Pursuit), page 269:
- I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.” As luck would have it, I never met one,—only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either.
- 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
- "I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “The Beanspiller”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 186:
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You’re not dull enough! […] What about the kid’s clothes? I don’t suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn’t you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
- 2007 July 5, Barack Obama, Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to the National Education Association Annual Meeting:
- Our kids are why all of you are in this room today. Our kids are why you wake up wondering how you'll make a difference and go to bed thinking about tomorrow's lesson plan. Our kids are why you walk into that classroom every day even when you're not getting the support, or the pay, or the respect that you deserve - because you believe that every child should have a chance to succeed; that every child can be taught.
- 2018, “March 14”, in Scorpion, performed by Drake:
- She not my lover like "Billie Jean", but the kid is mine
- 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44:
- Network Rail is now the biggest kid in the playground, so if it doesn't want to play it doesn't have to, and the trees still fall down every time someone gives a low pressure system a name.
- (informal) A person whose childhood took place in a particular time period or area.
- Only '90s kids will remember this toy.
- He's been living in Los Angeles for years now, but he's a Florida kid.
- (informal) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
- He was their youngest kid.
- (in the vocative) Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult.
- No, kid, you didn't do anything wrong; they did!
- 1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Rick (Humphrey Bogart):
- Here's looking at you, kid.
- (colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
- 2007 June 3, Eben Moglen, speech, Freeing the Mind: Free Software and the end of proprietary culture,
- I remember as a kid lawyer working at IBM in the summer of 1983, when a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first time asked to buy 12000 IBM PCs in a single order.
- 2007 June 3, Eben Moglen, speech, Freeing the Mind: Free Software and the end of proprietary culture,
- (dated) A deception; an act of kidding somebody.
- (nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
- 1830, James Fenimore Cooper, The Water-witch, Or, The Skimmer of the Seas:
- peaceable, well-disposed chaps as ever eat duff (dough) out of a kid
- 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, “Reception from the Frenchman”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 109:
- We fasted till night, when one of the boys came along with a couple of "kids" containing a thin, saffron-coloured fluid, with oily particles floating on top. The young wag told us this was soup: it turned out to be nothing more than oleaginous warm water.
Derived terms
- adult third culture kid
- anarkid
- ball kid
- biokid
- boomerang kid
- candy kid
- club kid
- comeback kid
- cool kid
- cyberkid
- divorced kid
- Dongola kid
- e-kid
- emokid
- everykid
- fankid
- furkid
- godkid
- grandkid
- handle with kid gloves
- in kid
- iPad kid
- is that what the kids are calling it these days
- kandi kid
- kid brother
- kidcom
- kidcore
- kidder
- kiddie
- kiddiot
- kiddish
- kiddo
- kid-dom
- kiddom
- kiddy
- kideo
- kidfic
- kidfluence
- kidfluencer
- kidfucker
- kid-glove
- kid glove
- kidhood
- kidkind
- kidless
- kidlet
- kidlike
- kidling
- kidlit
- kidly
- Kidman
- kidnap
- kidology
- kid on the square
- kidpic
- kid porn
- kidproof
- kid show
- kidsicle
- kid sister
- kidskin
- kidsman
- kidspeak
- kid stuff
- kidsy
- kid table
- kidult
- kidvid
- latchkey kid
- like a kid at Christmas
- like a kid in a candy store
- like a kid on Christmas morning
- merkid
- new kid in town
- new kid on the block
- no sabo kid
- oor kid
- our kid
- preacher's kid syndrome
- quiz kid
- quiz-kid
- rich-kid
- rich kid
- scene kid
- schoolkid
- snowkid
- stepkid
- struggle kid
- superkid
- theater kid
- theatre kid
- third culture kid
- transkid
- vidkid
- whiz-kid
- whiz kid
- whizz kid
- wonderkid
- wor kid
Translations
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Verb
kid (third-person singular simple present kids, present participle kidding, simple past and past participle kidded)
- (transitive, colloquial) To make a fool of (someone).
- (transitive, colloquial) To dupe or deceive (someone).
- 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 76:
- "They are all very suspicious about the wording. I am always thinking up new ways of kidding them."
- (transitive, colloquial) To make a joke with (someone).
- (intransitive) Of a goat: to give birth.
- 2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 200:
- "They can kid twice a year if things are right, and they often throw twins and triplets."
- (intransitive, colloquial) To joke.
- You're kidding!
- Only kidding!
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Noun
kid (plural kids)
- A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
- 1631, Gervase Markham, Countrey Contentments, 4th edition, page 99:
- Now, for as much as this Fowle is a great deſtruction vnto the young Spawne or Frie of Fiſh, it ſhall bee good for the preſeruation thereof, to ſtake down into the bottomes of your Ponds good long Kids or Faggots of bruſh-woods, […]
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “kid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ [Francis Grose] (1785) “Kid”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC: “Kid, a child.”
Further reading
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
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 Norwegian Bokmål kid, English kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec.
Noun
kid n (singular definite kiddet, plural indefinite kid)
- A young goat.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kid m (plural kids)
Hungarian
Etymology
ki (“who”) + -d (“your, of yours”, possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
kid
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kid | — |
accusative | kidet | — |
dative | kidnek | — |
instrumental | kiddel | — |
causal-final | kidért | — |
translative | kiddé | — |
terminative | kidig | — |
essive-formal | kidként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kidben | — |
superessive | kiden | — |
adessive | kidnél | — |
illative | kidbe | — |
sublative | kidre | — |
allative | kidhez | — |
elative | kidből | — |
delative | kidről | — |
ablative | kidtől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kidé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kidéi | — |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish kid. Doublet of kje (“goatling”) from Norwegian kje.
Pronunciation
Noun
kid n (definite singular kidet, indefinite plural kid, definite plural kida or kidene)
References
- “kid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kìd n (definite singular kìdet, indefinite plural kìd, definite plural kìdi)
Sikaritai
Noun
kid
Further reading
- Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)
Sumerian
Romanization
kid
- Romanization of 𒆤 (kid)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kiþ, from Old Norse kið, from Proto-Germanic *kidją‚ from Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ-.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːd
Noun
kid n
- a young deer
Declension
Derived terms
Volapük
Noun
kid (nominative plural kids)
Declension
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- en:People
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- sv:Baby animals
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