# kid

Pronunciation: say "KID" /kɪd/

## Noun

1. A child or young person, including one who grew up in a particular time or place. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A child or young person, or someone who grew up at a certain time or place.
   - _Every kid in the neighborhood showed up for the birthday party._
   - _The college freshmen still act like kids when they get together._
2. One's son or daughter, no matter how old they are. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A person's son or daughter, even when they are grown up.
   - _His kid is a grown man with children of his own._
   - _She still worries about her kids even though they're middle-aged._
5. A young goat, or the young of an antelope or similar animal.
   - Simple: A baby goat, or a baby antelope.
   - _The farmer bottle-fed the orphaned kid through the night._
   - _Several kids skipped around the pen this morning._
6. A familiar term used when addressing a child, teenager, or young adult directly. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A friendly way to speak directly to a child or young person.
   - _Listen, kid, the world doesn't owe you anything._
   - _You did great out there today, kid._
7. Someone who is inexperienced or holds a junior position. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A person who is new and does not have much experience yet.
   - _He's still the kid in the firm, even after two years._
   - _The veterans showed the kids how things really worked on the floor._
9. The flesh of a young goat used as food.
   - Simple: The meat that comes from a young goat.
   - _The chef braised kid with garlic and rosemary._
   - _Tender kid is a traditional dish in parts of the Mediterranean._
10. Fine, soft leather made from the skin of a young goat.
   - Simple: Soft leather made from the skin of a young goat.
   - _The dancer's slippers were cut from supple kid._
   - _He pulled on a pair of kid gloves before the ceremony._

## Verb

3. To say something as a joke, or to tease, fool, or deceive someone, usually playfully. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To joke, or to trick or tease someone, usually for fun.
   - _He likes to kid around with his coworkers during breaks._
   - _They were only kidding about moving to Alaska next year._
8. To deceive oneself into believing something untrue or unrealistic; used reflexively. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To make yourself believe something that is not true or not likely.
   - _She kidded herself into thinking the relationship could still be saved._
   - _Don't kid yourself that the problem will fix itself._
11. To give birth, as a female goat does.
   - Simple: When a female goat gives birth to one or more baby goats.
   - _Most of the does kid in early spring when the grass returns._
   - _The young goat kidded for the first time without any trouble._

## Adjective

4. Describing a brother or sister who is the younger one in the family relationship being mentioned.
   - Simple: Younger, when you are talking about a brother or sister.
   - _I spent the whole summer babysitting my kid sister while our parents worked._
   - _His kid brother followed him onto the varsity team two years later._

## Noun

12. A playful deception; the act of fooling or teasing someone. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A trick or joke meant to fool someone for fun.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A small wooden mess tub from which sailors received their food aboard ship.
- (noun) Synonym of faggot: a bundle of heath and gorse tied together for fuel.

## Origin

Old Norse kið ("young goat") passed into Middle English as kide. The Norse word goes back to Proto-Germanic *kidją and perhaps, further back, to a Proto-Indo-European root for "goat". Swedish and Danish kid and German Kitz are related. People have used it to mean "child" as slang since at least the 1600s and in informal speech since the 1840s.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/kid (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).