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Definitions for Kidding

[1] Informal . a child or young person.
[2] (used as a familiar form of address.)
[3] a young goat.
[4] leather made from the skin of a kid or goat, used in making shoes and gloves.
[5] a glove made from this leather.
[6] (of a goat) to give birth to (young).
[7] made of kidskin.
[8] Informal . younger: his kid sister.
[9] to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She is always kidded about her accent.
[10] to humbug or fool.
[11] to speak or act deceptively in jest; jest.
[12] the young of a goat or of a related animal, such as an antelope
[13] soft smooth leather made from the hide of a kid
[14] informal a young person; child (modifier) younger or being still a child kid brother ; kid sister
[15] our kid Liverpool dialect my younger brother or sister
[16] (of a goat) to give birth to (young)
[17] (tr) to tease or deceive for fun
[18] (intr) to behave or speak deceptively for fun
[19] (tr) to delude or fool (oneself) into believing (something) don't kid yourself that no-one else knows
[20] a small wooden tub
[21] a variant spelling of (Thomas) Kyd

Words related to Kidding

kidjoke, bother, tease, pretend, delude, flimflam, rag, razz, jest, jape, hoax, josh, banter, cozen, gull, jolly, dupe, trick, beguile, bamboozle

Words nearby Kidding

kidkicksorter, kickstand, kickup, kickwheel, kicky, kid, kid around, kid glove, kid gloves, kid stuff, kid the pants off

Origin of Kidding

2First recorded in 1805–15; perhaps special use of kid1

Other words from Kidding

kid·dish , adjective
kid·dish·ness , noun
kid·like , adjective
kid·der , noun
kid·ding·ly , adverb

Word origin for Kidding

C18: probably variant of kit 1 (in the sense: barrel)

Synonyms for Kidding

bother, delude, joke, pretend, tease, bamboozle, banter, beguile, cozen, dupe, flimflam, fun, gull, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, jolly, josh, mock, rag, razz, rib, roast, spoof, trick, make fun of, make sport of