kiddy
Appearance
See also: Kiddy
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɪdi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪdi
- Homophone: kitty (US, Canada, New Zealand)
Noun
[edit]kiddy (plural kiddies)
- (slang) Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”)
- (obsolete, UK, slang) A man or boy.
- (obsolete, UK, slang) A low thief.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]kiddy (third-person singular simple present kiddies, present participle kiddying, simple past and past participle kiddied)
- (archaic) To kid; to hoax or tease.
- 1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC:
- But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]
Adjective
[edit]kiddy (comparative kiddier, superlative kiddiest)
- (informal) Childish.
- 2013, Nico Vermeir, Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition, page 193:
- The concept is really old, the graphics look very kiddy, and the creators are making millions off it.
References
[edit]- (man or boy; thief): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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