kid

Meanings

Noun

• A young goat.
• Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.
• Kidskin.
• The meat of a young goat.
• A young antelope.
• A child (usually), teenager, or young adult; a juvenile.
• A person whose childhood took place in a particular time period or area.
• One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
• An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
• A deception; an act of kidding somebody.
• A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
• A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.

Verb

• To make a fool of (someone).
• To dupe or deceive (someone).
• To make a joke with (someone).
• Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
• To joke.

Origin

• Image:Goat kid444.jpg|thumb|right|A goat kid.
• From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið ("young goat"), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydn-, *ǵʰaydn- or Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ- ("kid, goatling, little goat"). Compare Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec.
• Sense of child since 1590s as cant, since 1840s in informal use.{{cite-book|author=Francis Grose|authorlink=Francis Grose
• Compare Welsh cidysen.