kid

Universal Words noun, verb, adjective noun 1 [C] (informal) a child or young person: A bunch of kids were hanging around outside. * a kid of 15 * She's a bright kid. * How are the kids (= your children)? * Do you have any kids? HELPNOTE Kid is much more common than child in informal and spoken AmE. 2 [C] (spoken) used when speaking to a person who is younger than you: Hey, kid, what's wrong? 3 [C] a young goat 4 [U] soft leather made from the skin of a young goat: a pair of white kid gloves IDIOMS handle / treat, etc. sb with kid gloves to deal with sb in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them kid's stuff (BrE) (AmE kid stuff) something that is very easy to do or understand, especially when this means that it is boring verb (-dd-) (informal) 1 (usually used in the progressive tenses) to tell sb sth that is not true, especially as a joke SYNJOKE: [V] I thought he was kidding when he said he was going out with a rock star. * I didn't mean it. I was only kidding. * [VN] I'm not kidding you. It does work. 2 ~ sb / yourself to allow sb/yourself to believe sth that is not true SYNDECEIVE: [VN] They're kidding themselves if they think its going to be easy. * [VN(that)] I tried to kid myself (that) everything was normal. IDIOMS no kidding (spoken) 1 used to emphasize that sth is true or that you agree with sth that sb has just said: 'It's cold!' 'No kidding!' 2 used to show that you mean what you are saying: I want the money back tomorrow. No kidding. you're kidding