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kine

noun
USKYN/kaɪn/

4 meanings of kine

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  1. 1
    cowsnounarchaic
    Plural of cow: an old word for cows, mostly seen in old stories.
    Pippin could see all the Pelennor laid out before him, dotted into the distance with farmsteads and little walls, barns and byres, but nowhere could he see any kine or other beasts.
    1955, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Minas Tirith”Here, kine means cows.
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  2. 2
    television filmnounabbreviationclipping
    Short for kinescope: a film made by recording a television screen.

    The studio kept a kine of the live broadcast for later viewing.

    They found an old kine of the show in a dusty archive box.

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Less common meanings

  1. 3
    noun
    A single small body movement that is part of a larger unit of body language.
  2. 4
    noun
    A unit of speed equal to one centimeter every second.

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Origin

From Middle English kyn. It is a double plural of "ky" (cows), made by adding the plural ending -en.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts