Kid
[kɪd]
Definition
(noun.) young goat.
(noun.) soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; 'kid gloves'.
(verb.) be silly or tease one another; 'After we relaxed, we just kidded around'.
Editor: Wendell--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A young goat.
(n.) A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
(n.) A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
(n.) Gloves made of kid.
(n.) A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
(v. i.) To bring forth a young goat.
(n.) A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
(p. p.) of Kythe.
(v. t.) See Kiddy, v. t.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Young goat.[2]. Kit, small tub.
Edited by Henry
Definition
n. a fagot a bundle of sticks.
n. a small tub.—Also Kit.
n. a young goat: (slang) a child esp. a boy: (pl.) gloves of kid leather.—adj. made of kid leather or imitation kid leather.—v.t. and v.i. to bring forth a goat:—pr.p. kid′ding; pa.p. kid′ded.—ns. Kid′-fox (Shak.) a young fox; Kid′ling a young kid.
v.t. and v.i. (slang) to hoax—also Kid′dy.—n. a deception.
Checker: Zelig
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a kid, denotes you will not be over-scrupulous in your morals or pleasures. You will be likely to bring grief to some loving heart.
Checked by Basil
Unserious Contents or Definition
Either a boxing-glove or a first-born. In either case, hard to handle until well tanned.
Edited by Laurence
Examples
- I see you are accustomed to wearing kid gloves--but some gentlemen are so awkward about putting them on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Poor little kid. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It seemed a stylish thing to go to the theater in kid gloves, and we acted upon the hint. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The more delicate leathers are treated in this manner, those especially which are used for wash-leathers, kid gloves, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Don't kid yourself, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Have you not tethered a young kid under a tree, lain above it with your rifle, and waited for the bait to bring up your tiger? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They looked like very young kids, but they annihilated distance like an express train. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Look at her walking along with those two kids. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Parchment manufactured from the skins of young calves, kids, lambs, sheep, and goats, was an early rival of papyrus, and was known and used in Europe before papyrus was there introduced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There is also a process called tawing, which is employed chiefly in the preparation of the skins of sheep, lambs, goats and kids. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Without kidding yourself. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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