Kid
Noun:
- A young goat: A kid is a young goat, especially one that is not yet fully grown.
- A child or young person: (Informal) A kid is a child or young person. This is a common, casual term.
- Soft leather: Kid is a type of soft, smooth leather made from the skin of a young goat.
Verb:
- To tease or joke: To kid means to speak to someone in a joking or teasing way, not being serious.
- To deceive playfully: To kid can mean to trick or fool someone in a gentle, non-harmful way.
Noun:
- The farmer bottle-fed the newborn kid. (Referring to a young goat)
- They have two kids, a boy and a girl. (Referring to children)
- These gloves are made of fine kid. (Referring to leather)
Verb:
- I was just kidding when I said I'd eaten all the cookies. (Meaning teasing/joking)
- Don't kid yourself—this project will be difficult. (Meaning to deceive oneself)
"to kid around": to behave in a silly or playful way; to joke.
- We weren't working, we were just kidding around.
"No kidding!": an exclamation expressing that something is true, surprising, or that you agree.
- "He won the lottery." "No kidding!"
"You're kidding (me)!": an expression of disbelief.
- "She's moving to Paris." "You're kidding me!"
Kid brother/sister: (noun phrase) a younger brother or sister.
- My kid sister just started high school.
Kid gloves: (noun phrase) gloves made from kid leather; used in the idiom "handle/treat someone with kid gloves" meaning to treat someone very gently or carefully.
- The manager handled the sensitive situation with kid gloves.
- Noun (child): child, youngster, youth, juvenile.
- Verb (tease): joke, jest, tease, pull someone's leg, rib.
- Kid around: (see "Advanced Usage" above).
- Kid on: (British English, informal) to encourage someone to do something by making them believe something false in a playful way.
- He kidded me on that the boss wanted to see me.
Handle/treat with kid gloves: To deal with someone or something very delicately and carefully.
- After the argument, her friends treated her with kid gloves.
Pull the other one (it's got bells on) / Pull someone's leg: (Idioms similar to "kidding") To tease someone by telling them something untrue.
- "I'm a millionaire." "Oh, pull the other one!"
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young goat
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a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
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they had three children
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they were able to send their kids to college
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English dramatist (1558-1594)
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soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
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kid gloves
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a young person of either sex
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she writes books for children
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they're just kids
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`tiddler' is a British term for youngster
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be silly or tease one another
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After we relaxed, we just kidded around
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tell false information to for fun
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Are you pulling my leg?
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