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
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
He is invigorated like a kid on Christmas morning to discover what the arts will teach him, and us, next.
—Laura Linney, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
As previously mentioned, Meevee targets a preschool audience — specifically kids two to six — pretty much the only ages parents can (and should) be in sole control of their children’s screen time anyway.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The first seven kids born were boys.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
He is invigorated like a kid on Christmas morning to discover what the arts will teach him, and us, next.
—Laura Linney, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
Both kids cheer and bite into their burgers.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
As previously mentioned, Meevee targets a preschool audience — specifically kids two to six — pretty much the only ages parents can (and should) be in sole control of their children’s screen time anyway.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
Noun
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While raising young children, Currie finally obtained her undergraduate degree in 1968 before working on the campaign of activist and lawyer Michael Shakman to be elected delegate to the 1969-70 constitutional convention.—
Hannah Meisel,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Harper’s Bazaar didn’t report a due date for her third child.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Murphy walked onto the stage and then teased Lee’s love of the Knicks.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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Mythos, a new artificial intelligence model that Anthropic PBC has teased as too dangerous to release, looked at first like a problem for banks.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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Since the film has such a robust call sheet, Nolan joked there were too many A-listers to bring to CinemaCon.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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Former FedEx driver Tanner Horner apologized to Athena Strand’s family for killing their daughter, but also joked with his grandmother about selling his story for $1 million, according to evidence presented Monday during Horner’s capital murder trial in Fort Worth.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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