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
Julie Tremaine, People.com, 12 July 2025
Does a person with this much contempt for texts by day insist on reading aloud to his kids at night?
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 June 2025
Surely this step won’t be controversial at all… (kidding).
—Neil Paine, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Noun
The kids grew up at home with Lawrence in Levelland, Texas.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 12 July 2025
Does a person with this much contempt for texts by day insist on reading aloud to his kids at night?
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Verb
Nintendo wasn't kidding about bricking the Switch 2 if hacking or piracy is detected.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 June 2025
Surely this step won’t be controversial at all… (kidding).
—Neil Paine, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
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The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and Elmore County paramedics responded to a call at 1:47 p.m. Saturday about an object piercing a windshield and injuring a child, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news release.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
14 July 2025
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Around this time, a person broke a window and successfully rescued a child from the home while flames began to spread, police said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The first step is a boot camp in a mountainous ski resort, where Karolina is teased by the other girls and gets so much preferential treatment from Vitek that Lucie, enraged, locks her outside in the snow and nearly kills her in the process.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
10 July 2025
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Since last year, Justin Bieber has been teasing the launch of his new fashion brand, Skylrk.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
10 July 2025
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But whether with Felix or on her own, Jessica is a bit all over the map, with her behavior frequently feeling like it’s meant to meet the needs of a particular scene or joke rather than as a consistent throughline for the season.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2025
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There were a lot of pranks, joking and just overall funny stuff that went on behind the scenes in or around the lunchroom.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
11 July 2025
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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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