Definition of "kid" in английский

noun

1. (informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.

   • She's a kid. It's normal for her to have imaginary friends.

2. A young goat.

   • He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.

3. A young antelope.

4. (dated) A deception; an act of kidding somebody.

5. (nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.

verb

1. (transitive, colloquial) To dupe or deceive.

   • Are you kidding me?
   • I kid you not!

2. (transitive, colloquial) To mock or make a fool of (someone) in a playful way.

   • They were always kidding her for her stutter.

3. (intransitive, colloquial) To joke.

   • You're kidding!
   • You must be kidding!
   • I'm only kidding!
   • No kidding!

4. (intransitive) Of a goat: to give birth.

   • That nanny over there with the white tail has kidded every year for the last five years.

noun

1. Synonym of faggot (“bundle of heath and furze”).