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
Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Parents can model compassion early by showing kids how to help others in everyday life.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
Scott Powers, New York Times, 29 July 2025
There’s a big gulf between pro marathoners and high-school track, of course—but don’t kid yourself that they’re not connected.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
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Noun
Despite the austerity measures, the crushing weight of rising housing costs has forced them to press pause on their plans to have kids.
—Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Parents can model compassion early by showing kids how to help others in everyday life.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
More than a quarter of you will be engaging in some piracy this season, and all of your names and email addresses have been handed over to the authorities (kidding!).
—Scott Powers, New York Times, 29 July 2025
There’s a big gulf between pro marathoners and high-school track, of course—but don’t kid yourself that they’re not connected.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid
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Your child isn't just competing with the kid next door for college admission or job opportunities.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The bodies of the three Decker children were discovered just days after they were reported missing by their mother on May 30.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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As of Tuesday night, South Park’s X account still hasn’t teased any hints of what Episode 5 will be about, something the show has done consistently before the previous three episodes.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Cardi teased on Today about the follow-up to her smash 2018 debut LP, Invasion of Privacy.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
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Coon also joked that with so much time adapting the elaborate costumes, her daughter, born in the summer of 2021, thought that her mom's on-set dresser, Brian, was her father.—
Avalon Hester,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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My wife jokes about the cat having foiled our murder plot yet again.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Kid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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