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noun

ˈkid How to pronounce kid (audio)
Definition of kidnext
as in child
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood the fire was accidentally started by a couple of kids fooling around

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verb

1
as in to tease
to make fun of in a good-natured way everybody's kidding me about my new haircut

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as in to joke
to make jokes he always kids around about his "wild and crazy" life as an accountant

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Recent Examples of kid
Noun
Scammers — with access to kids’ names and school information — are tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT and ACT prep materials. — Jan Diaz, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025 Apolinario, meanwhile, has seen strong interest in another type of sitter—not for kids, but for dogs. — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
Justin Sherman: The TikTok Discourse Is Nonsense Anyone who perceives that the Chinese government can't pick a tech company in its borders and coerce it to support state efforts is kidding themselves. — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 Reid wasn’t kidding, because ice can be a bear to remove. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
  1. child
  2. tease
  3. joke
Noun
  • As a first-generation college graduate with an MBA, Mata was able to make a middle-class life for her child.
    — Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
  • She was obliged, as an enslaved woman in the antebellum South, to labor in his household for him, his wife and his children.
    — Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of child
Verb
  • The token will also be an acceptable form of payment at restaurant chains, Stebbing teased, and even potentially soon in kids' school cafeteria lines.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Editor's Note: Nothing has already teased the Nothing Phone (3a) series, which will arrive on March 4.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of tease
Verb
  • Some joked that Sean Baker’s speech condemning the impact of streaming was the turning point for Hulu to cut off the broadcast.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • And, of course, Oscar host Conan O’Brien found a way to joke about the Kendrick Lamar–Drake beef.
    — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of joke

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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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