From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
kid
n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
term for youngsters" [syn: child, youngster,
minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler,
tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
2: soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid
gloves" [syn: kidskin]
3: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, {Thomas
Kyd}, Thomas Kid]
4: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had
three children"; "they were able to send their kids to
college" [syn: child] [ant: parent]
5: young goat
v 1: tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?"
[syn: pull the leg of]
2: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
kidded around" [syn: chaff, jolly, josh, banter]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\ (k[i^]d), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki[eth],
Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen,
kitzlein.]
1. (Zool.) A young goat.
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The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. --Is.
xi. 6.
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2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily
imposed on. [Slang] --Charles Reade.
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3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or
of the skin of rats, etc.; kidskin.
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4. pl. Gloves made of kidskin; kid gloves. [Colloq. & Low]
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5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one
in which they receive their food. --Cooper.
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6. Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a youthful
expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones.
[Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kidded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kidding.]
To bring forth a young goat.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\, a.
Made of kidskin; as, kid gloves.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\, v. t.
1. To talk with in a joking or jesting manner; as, she kidded
him about his freckles. Often used with around; as, he was
just kidding around about the fire
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2. To jokingly tell a false story to; to fool; as, John told
Pete that he had talked to the movie star, but he was only
kidding him..
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\, v. i.
To tell a false story, as a jest; as, he was kidding about
being a pilot. "Are you kidding?"
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.]
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\, p. p.
of Kythe. [Obs.] --Gower. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kid \Kid\, v. t.
See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
Kid
Kernel language for Id. A refinement of P-TAC, used as
an intermediate language for Id. Lambda-calculus with
first-class let-blocks and I-structures.
["A Syntactic Approach to Program Transformations", Z. Ariola
et al, SIGPLAN Notices 26(9):116-129 (Sept 1991)].
(1996-07-22)