KIDS

Noun

kids

plural of kid

Verb

kids

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kid

Anagrams

• disk, ski'd, skid

Source: Wiktionary


KID

Kid, n. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki, Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A young goat. The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. Is. xi. 6 .

2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on. [Slang] Charles Reade.

3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.

4. pl.

Definition: Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]

5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. Cooper.

Kid, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kidding.]

Definition: To bring forth a young goat.

Kid, n. Etym: [Cf. W. cidysen.]

Definition: A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Kid, p. p.

Definition: of Kythe. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.

Kid, v. t.

Definition: See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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