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
Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Our kids and our pets need open spaces to play and get exercise.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2025
Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But internally, no one is kidding themselves or trying to sugarcoat the results.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
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Noun
All the fame and money in the world, but what about kids being kids?
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Our kids and our pets need open spaces to play and get exercise.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
There may be a welcome change in the global balance of power, as China and Russia recognize that the United States is not kidding.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But internally, no one is kidding themselves or trying to sugarcoat the results.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
Noun
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As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This includes the purple flowers wrapped in black tissue and ribbon that Sharon Osbourne and their children left at the Black Sabbath bench.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And we have been teased and fooled before in the near-quarter century since that last crown in 2001.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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Hours before the podcast episode premiered, the trio teased it once again, with Jason, 37, making an enthusiastic introduction for the pop star.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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She’s been booed in stadiums, joked at by mainstream media, and roasted online to the extent that both the NFL and high-profile players have publicly defended her right to attend.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Speaking to Variety from his home in the mountains of Idaho, Glenn jokes about the world-spanning nature of the nomination.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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