kid
kid Lexical Profile
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• noun
A child or young person; someone's son or daughter (used primarily in informal contexts).
"The neighborhood kids spent the entire summer afternoon riding their bicycles around the park."
A young goat, or the juvenile offspring of certain related horned ruminants such as antelopes in the family Bovidae.
"The newborn kid stood on wobbly legs beside the mother nanny goat inside the barn."
Soft, smooth leather made from the skin of a young goat, traditionally used for crafting fine gloves and footwear.
"She wore a pair of delicate white gloves crafted from supple kid."
• verb
To tease, joke with, or playfully deceive someone for amusement.
"Relax, I am only kidding about the surprise quiz this morning."
To give birth to young (specifically of a female goat or antelope).
"The farmer stayed awake all night waiting for the prize dairy goat to kid."
• Rhymes for kid
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old Norse 'kið', meaning 'a young goat'. The informal extension of the word to mean 'a human child' first emerged as slang in the late 16th century before becoming standard everyday usage by the 19th century.