kid
/kɪd/
noun
- A child or young person.
- When I was a kid, I loved reading comic books.
- She has three kids, all in elementary school.
- The kids are playing in the backyard.
- A young goat.
- The farmer bottle-fed the newborn kid.
- A kid jumped playfully around its mother in the pasture.
- We saw a herd of goats with several tiny kids at the petting zoo.
- Leather made from the skin of a young goat, used for gloves and shoes.
- The boots were made of fine kid leather.
- She bought a pair of soft kid gloves for the winter.
- Kid is a popular material for luxury handbags.
Antonyms
adjective
- Younger; used to refer to a sibling or relative who is younger.
- He is my kid brother, even though he's taller than me.
- My kid sister just started high school.
- The kid cousin won the spelling bee.
verb
- To joke or tease playfully.
- Are you kidding me? That can't be true!
- Don't get upset — he's only kidding around.
- I was just kidding when I said I ate your cookie.
- To deceive or trick someone in a lighthearted way.
- You can't kid a good detective with a fake alibi.
- He tried to kid his parents about his grades, but they saw the report card.
- She kidded her brother into thinking it was his birthday.