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
Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
Some readers will doubtless be young enough to have kids in K-12 schools.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
There are also cool maps on the local prevalence of certain health conditions, from arthritis and asthma to cancer and high cholesterol to diabetes and depression to — not kidding here — where people have lost all their teeth.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
If kids receive messages from an unknown contact or get invited to an unknown group, they will be sent to a Requests folder for parent approval.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
Some readers will doubtless be young enough to have kids in K-12 schools.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
But don’t kid yourself, if Crosby isn’t in uniform Friday, every single player in that dressing room will take their cue from the best player in the world.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
There are also cool maps on the local prevalence of certain health conditions, from arthritis and asthma to cancer and high cholesterol to diabetes and depression to — not kidding here — where people have lost all their teeth.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
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Rodin himself got married in 1961, to the psychologist Jill Schwab, and raised four children.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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None of the 140 children, teachers and staff inside the synagogue were injured, authorities said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The film, based on a true story that became a media sensation in the '80s, never renders a definitive judgment on von Bülow (who was acquitted in court), leaving him an indelible enigma that Irons teases but never tells.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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Rivian has been teasing the R2 for a while now, dangling the promise of a smaller, cheaper, more attainable version of its beloved R1S in front of adventure-hungry buyers who couldn’t quite stretch to the $77,000-plus sticker of its halo SUV.—
Kevin Sintumuang,
Outside,
13 Mar. 2026
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Stammen has joked that Laureano being fatigued was his fault for playing him too much.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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This too, Fishback joked, would make for a good headline the next day, but Sneako had a more urgent concern about their prospective inauguration.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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