Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To engage in playful fun.

    I think he was just kidding around when he said that, so don't take it personally.

Examples

29 sentences

  1. Tom gathered his kids around him.

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  2. My kid is shy around strangers and always hides behind me.

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  3. Recess is a good chance for kids to run around and relax.

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  4. Don't kid around.

    ruНе дурачься. — Selena777

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  5. I'm not kidding around.

    ruЯ не шучу. — ae5s

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Forms

kids around, kidding around, kidded around, kidded around
Base formkid around · to kid around
3rd person singularkids around
Present participlekidding around
Past simplekidded around
Past participlekidded around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykid around
he, she, itkids around

Past simpleLesson

all personskidded around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kidded around
he, she, ithas kidded around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill kid around

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kickbackkickboxingkidA1kiddiekiddokidnap

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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