kid

English

/kɪd/

noun
Definitions
  • A young goat.
  • Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.
  • Kidskin.
  • (uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
  • A young antelope.
  • (informal) A child (usually), teenager, or young adult; a juvenile.
  • (informal) A person whose childhood took place in a particular time period or area.
  • (informal) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
  • (in the vocative) Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult
  • (colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
  • (dated) A deception; an act of kidding somebody.
  • (nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kide derived from Old Norse kið (kid, young goat, goatling) derived from Proto-Germanic *kidją (kid, goatling) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaidn-, *gidʰ- (goatling, kid, little goat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gidʰ-

Gloss

goatling, kid, little goat

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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