Definitions for the word "kid" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A young goat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Gloves made of kid.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To bring forth a young goat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. p. p.
of Kythe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
See Kiddy, v. t.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 young goat. 2 leather from this. 3 colloq. Child. v. (-dd-) (of a goat) give birth. handle with kid gloves treat carefully. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. v.
(also refl.) (-dd-) colloq. Deceive, trick, tease (don''t kid yourself; only kidding). no kidding slang that is the truth. [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
12. slang
an infant, or child. From the German _kind_; or possibly from the
name for the young of a goat. Also, a shallow dish in which sailors
receive their portions of food.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
13. slang
to joke, to quiz, to hoax anybody. “No KID, now?” is a question
often asked by a man who thinks he is being hoaxed.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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