kid
Tease in jest
The noun kid is used least often in its narrowest sense: to designate the young of goats or leather fashioned from them.
Kid is more typically and frequently used an informal term for child.
Kid can be used interchangeably with child in many contexts and appears in the compound forms, such grandkid.
Before brother or sister, kid means younger.
As a verb, you kid someone by teasing them or tricking them in a lighthearted way.
The common question, Are you kidding me? , can be used incredulously or sincerely to question the truth of what has been said.
Biological descendants produced
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- infantVery young child
- youngsterPerson of tender years
- juvenileYoung person or animal
minor · adolescent · teenager · tween · preteen · kindergartner · schoolchild · tyke
Innocently unsuspecting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- trustingInclined to believe others
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
impressionable · artless · ingenuous · unworldly · credulous · gullible · simple · pure
Camp cooking pot
- nannyHired child caretaker
- caprineRelating to goats
- chevonCulinary term for goat
- bleatSheep's wavering cry
herd · pasture · graze · cabrito · weanling · yearling · buckling · pygmy
offspring
Biological descendants produced
juvenile · minor · adolescent · teenager · tween · preteen · kindergartner · schoolchild · tyke · tot
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
unspoiled · impressionable · artless · ingenuous · unworldly · credulous · gullible · simple · pure · uncorrupted
billy
Camp cooking pot
bleat · herd · pasture · graze · cabrito · weanling · yearling · buckling · pygmy · Nubian
joke
Humorous statement seeking laughter
fool · trick · banter · razz · josh · pull one's leg · yank someone's chain · mess with · goof on · wind up
sweetheart
Affectionate name for beloved
dear · sport · champ · tiger · slugger · squirt · pumpkin · munchkin · sweetie · little guy
kidadult
Mature person, legally responsible
stoic · sobersides · stuffed shirt · stick-in-the-mud · curmudgeon
Communicate facts honestly
- just kiddingRetraction of a jest
- you're kiddingExpression of surprised disbelief
- little kidYoung child, quite small
- no kiddingExpression of genuine surprise
- new kidRecently arrived youngster
- are you kiddingExpression of disbelief
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