kids
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n [pl] (
kid)
1 (
a) [C] (
informal)
child or young person:
How are your wife and kids? *
Half the kids round here are unemployed.
(
b) [attrib] (
informal especially US)
younger:
his kid sister/brother.
2 (
a) [C]
young goat.
(
b) [U]
leather made from it's skin:
a bag made of kid *
[attrib]
a pair of kid gloves.
3 (idiom)
handle, treat, etc sb with kid gloves
deal with sb very gently or tactfully
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kiddy (also
kiddie) (
informal) child.
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kid v (
-dd-)
1 [I, Tn] (
informal)
deceive (sb), especially playfully; tease:
You're kidding! *
Don't kid yourself - it won't be easy.
2 (idiom)
no kidding (
informal)
(used to express surprise at what has been said):
(
ironic)
`It's raining.` `No kidding! I wondered why I was getting wet!`