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noun

plural kids

[count] informal

a son or daughter :child

She has to leave early and pick up her kids at school.

He has a wife and two kids.

a young person

I loved to play hopscotch when I was a kid. [=child]

I wish I could do something to help that poor kid.

I know he seems very mature, but he's really still just a kid. [=he's still very young]

a bunch of college kids [=young people who are attending college] - sometimes used as a form of address

Hey, kid!

You'd better listen to me, kid, because I'm not going to say this twice.

[count] :a young goat

[noncount] :a soft leather made from the skin of a young goat

gloves made of kid

kid leather - see also kid gloves

new kid on the block

someone who has recently joined a particular group

I was the new kid on the block, having just been hired the week before.

adjective

always used before a noun

chiefly US informal :younger

my kid brother/sister [=my brother/sister who is younger than I am]

verb

kids; kidded; kidding

informal

to speak to (someone) in a way that is not serious :to say things that are not true to (someone) in a joking way [+ obj]

It's the truth. I wouldn't kid you about something so important.

I'm not kidding you when I say that this is one of the best meals I've ever eaten.

I panicked when he said the test was tomorrow, but then I realized he was just kidding me.

The test is tomorrow? You must be kidding me!

The test is tomorrow. Are you kidding me?! I kid you not. [=I am not kidding you] [no obj]

Don't be offended by what he said. He was just/only kidding. - often + around

I'm not really angryI'm just kidding around.

[+ obj] :to make fun of (someone) in a friendly way :tease

We kidded her about her old car.

[+ obj] :to say (something) in a joking way

I might eat this whole pie by myself, she kidded.

She kidded that she might eat the whole pie by herself.

kid yourself

to fail to admit the truth to yourself :to deceive yourself

If you think he'll help us, you're just kidding yourself.

I think he'll help us if we ask him. Don't kid yourselfhe's only interested in his own problems.

no kidding

informal

used to emphasize the truth of a statement

No kidding, the test is tomorrow.

used to ask if a statement is really true

The test is tomorrow. No kidding?

used to show that you are surprised by or interested in what has been said.

My brother got engaged last month. No kidding! That's great news! - often used in an ironic way in response to a statement that is regarded as very obvious

If we don't start going faster, we're not going to finish on time. Gee, no kidding.