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English noun: kid | |||
| 1. | kid (person) a young person of either sex | ||
| Samples | She writes books for children. They're just kids. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster. | ||
| Synonyms | child, fry, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | juvenile, juvenile person | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bairn, bambino, buster, changeling, child prodigy, foster child, foster-child, fosterling, imp, infant prodigy, kiddy, kindergartener, kindergartner, monkey, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, preschooler, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, silly, sprog, street child, toddler, tot, urchin, waif, wonder child, yearling | ||
| Part holonym | child's body | ||
| 2. | kid (substance) soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat | ||
| Samples | Kid gloves. | ||
| Synonyms | kidskin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | leather | ||
| 3. | Kid (person) English dramatist (1558-1594) | ||
| Synonyms | Kyd, Thomas Kid, Thomas Kyd | ||
| Instance hypernym | dramatist, playwright | ||
| 4. | kid (person) a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age | ||
| Samples | They had three children. They were able to send their kids to college. | ||
| Synonyms | child | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | issue, offspring, progeny | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | army brat, babe, baby, female offspring, infant, male offspring, man-child, stepchild | ||
| Member meronym | family, family unit | ||
| Antonyms | parent | ||
| 5. | kid (animal) young goat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | caprine animal, goat | ||
English verb: kid | |||
| 1. | kid (communication) tell false information to for fun | ||
| Samples | Are you pulling my leg?. | ||
| Synonyms | pull the leg of | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in | ||
| 2. | kid (communication) be silly or tease one another | ||
| Samples | After we relaxed, we just kidded around. | ||
| Synonyms | banter, chaff, jolly, josh | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | ||
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