as in child
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
the fire was accidentally started by a couple of kids fooling around
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as in to joke
to make jokes
he always kids around about his "wild and crazy" life as an accountant
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Recent Examples of kid
Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2025
Pam Anderson has two sons like me, and Billie Lourd has young kids.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Reid wasn’t kidding, because ice can be a bear to remove.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Vaccinating infants and young children is widely recommended as a way to prevent kids from being exposed to life-threatening diseases like measles and to protect other children in school.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2025
Pam Anderson has two sons like me, and Billie Lourd has young kids.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
Justin Sherman: The TikTok Discourse Is Nonsense Anyone who perceives that the Chinese government can't pick a tech company in its borders and coerce it to support state efforts is kidding themselves.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Reid wasn’t kidding, because ice can be a bear to remove.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
Noun
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Their adult children wept on the witness stand and spoke of their devastation.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Make your 100 percent tax-deductible donation today to help UNICEF reach more children in need.—
UNICEF USA,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Leighton, who played Sydney Andrews in the show, also teased what viewers could expect from the new series.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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The thought that Sam Riley’s Tom might turn out to be Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity or John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice is tantalizing but gradually appears to be more like teasing misdirection as the movie shifts into psychodrama gear.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Atlanta official joked that the graphic must have been sent to him 10 times during the previous five days.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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When this verdict spread across the internet, there was one uniting trend: fans on social media couldn’t stop joking and celebrating about the outcome, sparking a deluge of memes about the event.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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