Kid \Kid\ (k[i^]d), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ki[eth],
   Dan. & Sw. kid; akin to OHG. kizzi, G. kitz, kitzchen,
   kitzlein.]
   1. (Zool.) A young goat.
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            The . . . leopard shall lie down with the kid. --Is.
                                                  xi. 6.
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   2. A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily
      imposed on. [Slang] --Charles Reade.
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   3. A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or
      of the skin of rats, etc.; kidskin.
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   4. pl. Gloves made of kidskin; kid gloves. [Colloq. & Low]
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   5. A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one
      in which they receive their food. --Cooper.
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   6. Among pugilists, thieves, gunfighters, etc., a youthful
      expert; -- chiefly used attributively; as, kid Jones.
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	Kid \Kid\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kidded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Kidding.]
   To bring forth a young goat.
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	Kid \Kid\, a.
   Made of kidskin; as, kid gloves.
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	Kid \Kid\, v. t.
   1. To talk with in a joking or jesting manner; as, she kidded
      him about his freckles. Often used with around; as, he was
      just kidding around about the fire
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   2. To jokingly tell a false story to; to fool; as, John told
      Pete that he had talked to the movie star, but he was only
      kidding him..
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	Kid \Kid\, v. i.
   To tell a false story, as a jest; as, he was kidding about
   being a pilot. "Are you kidding?"
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	Kid \Kid\, n. [Cf. W. cidysen.]
   A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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	Kid \Kid\, p. p.
   of Kythe. [Obs.] --Gower. --Chaucer.
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	Kid \Kid\, v. t.
   See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]
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	kid
    n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
         children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
         term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster,
         minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler,
         tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
    2: soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid
       gloves" [syn: kid, kidskin]
    3: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas
       Kyd, Thomas Kid]
    4: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had
       three children"; "they were able to send their kids to
       college" [syn: child, kid] [ant: parent]
    5: young goat
    v 1: tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my
         leg?" [syn: pull the leg of, kid]
    2: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
       kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh,
       banter]

	

	160 Moby Thesaurus words for "kid":
   babyhood, bairn, bamboozle, banter, be merry with, befool, billy,
   billy goat, birdling, boyhood, breed, brood, buck, bud, calf,
   catling, chaff, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chickling, chicky,
   child, childkind, children, chit, colt, crack a joke, crack wise,
   cub, darling, descendants, descent, doe, doeling, dogie, duckling,
   fake out, family, fawn, fledgling, fleer at, flimflam, foal, fool,
   fruit, fryer, fun, gibe at, girlhood, goat, gosling, grandchildren,
   great-grandchildren, gull, haze, he-goat, heirs, hoax, hoodwink,
   hostages to fortune, inheritors, innocent, issue, jape, jest, jive,
   joke, jolly, josh, juvenile, kid around, kids, kit, kitten, lamb,
   lambkin, lineage, litter, little bugger, little fellow, little guy,
   little innocent, little kids, little one, little ones, little tad,
   little tot, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mite, mock,
   moppet, mountain goat, nanny, nanny goat, needle, nest, nestling,
   new generation, nipper, offspring, peewee, piglet, pigling,
   play on words, poke fun at, polliwog, posterity, progeny, pullet,
   pun, pup, puppy, put on, put one on, quip, rag, rally, razz, rib,
   ride, ridicule, rising generation, roast, scintillate, scoff at,
   seed, shaver, she-goat, shoat, small fry, sons, sparkle, spoof,
   succession, tad, tadpole, tease, tot, tots, treasures, trick, twit,
   utter a mot, weaner, wee tot, whelp, wisecrack, yeanling, young,
   young blood, young fry, young people, youngling, younglings,
   youngster, youngsters, youth

	

	Kid

   Kernel language for Id.  A refinement of P-TAC, used as
   an intermediate language for Id.  Lambda-calculus with
   first-class let-blocks and I-structures.

   ["A Syntactic Approach to Program Transformations", Z. Ariola
   et al, SIGPLAN Notices 26(9):116-129 (Sept 1991)].

   (1996-07-22)

	

	Kid
   the young of the goat. It was much used for food (Gen. 27:9;
   38:17; Judg. 6:19; 14:6). The Mosaic law forbade to dress a kid
   in the milk of its dam, a law which is thrice repeated (Ex.
   23:19; 34:26; Deut. 14:21). Among the various reasons assigned
   for this law, that appears to be the most satisfactory which
   regards it as "a protest against cruelty and outraging the order
   of nature." A kid cooked in its mother's milk is "a gross,
   unwholesome dish, and calculated to kindle animal and ferocious
   passions, and on this account Moses may have forbidden it.
   Besides, it is even yet associated with immoderate feasting; and
   originally, I suspect," says Dr. Thomson (Land and the Book),
   "was connected with idolatrous sacrifices."