kid
verb/kɪd/
/kɪd/
(informal)Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they kid | /kɪd/ /kɪd/ |
| he / she / it kids | /kɪdz/ /kɪdz/ |
| past simple kidded | /ˈkɪdɪd/ /ˈkɪdɪd/ |
| past participle kidded | /ˈkɪdɪd/ /ˈkɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form kidding | /ˈkɪdɪŋ/ /ˈkɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses) to tell somebody something that is not true, especially as a joke synonym joke
- 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.
- kid somebody I'm not kidding you. It does work.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- Don't look so worried—I was just kidding.
- Oh come on, who are you trying to kid?.
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- [transitive] to allow somebody/yourself to believe something that is not true synonym deceive
- kid somebody/yourself They're kidding themselves if they think it's going to be easy.
- kid somebody/yourself (that)… I tried to kid myself (that) everything was normal.
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Word Originverb early 19th cent.: perhaps from kid (noun), expressing the notion “make a child or goat of”.
Idioms
See kid in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryno kidding (informal)
- used to emphasize that something is true or that you agree with something that somebody has just said
- ‘It's cold!’ ‘No kidding!’
- used to show that you mean what you are saying
- I want the money back tomorrow. No kidding.
you’re kidding | you must be kidding
- (informal) used to show that you are very surprised at something that somebody has just said
- She fired you? You're kidding! Why?
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