kid
To dupe or deceiveTo dupe or deceive.
Meaning
6 senses(colloquial, participle, present, transitive, usually)To dupe or deceive.
Are you kidding me?
I kid you not!
To dupe or deceive.
(colloquial, participle, present, transitive, usually)To deceive or dupe as a joke.
Stop kidding me! It's not funny.
an der Nase herumführen, veräppeln
надува́тьnaduvátʹ
(colloquial, participle, present, reflexive, transitive, usually)To deceive oneself by having unrealistic expectations.
You're kidding yourself if you think you can be a rockstar.
(colloquial, participle, present, transitive, usually)To mock or make a fool of (someone) in a playful way.
They were always kidding her for her stutter.
verarschen, veräppeln
дразни́тьdraznítʹ
(colloquial, intransitive, participle, present, usually)To joke.
You must be kidding!
I'm only kidding!
spaßen
шути́тьšutítʹ
(intransitive)Of a goat: to give birth.
That nanny over there with the white tail has kidded every year for the last five years.
- be silly or tease one another
- tell false information to for fun
Examples
4987 sentencesThat kid kept crying for hours.
Ця дитина плакала годинами. — deniko
How many kids do you have?
Скільки у тебе дітей? — deniko
ruСколько у вас детей? — Hellerick
deWie viele Kinder haben Sie? — MUIRIEL
I want to see my kids.
Я хочу побачити своїх дітей. — deniko
ruЯ хочу увидеть моих детей. — odexed
Would you mind watching my kids?
Ви не могли би подивитися за моїми дітьми? — deniko
ruВы не могли бы присмотреть за моими детьми? — odexed
deWürde es Ihnen etwas ausmachen, auf meine Kinder aufzupassen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Why aren't you with the kids?
Чому ти не з дітьми? — deniko
ruПочему ты не с детьми? — odexed
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydn-, *ǵʰaydn- (“goat”) or Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ- (“kid, goatling, little goat”). Compare Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec. The sense of child has been in use since the 1590s as slang, and since the 1840s in informal use.
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Forms
kids, kidding, kidded, kiddedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- was a kid
- babysit our kids
- smart kid
- with his kids
- like a kid
- just a kid
- kid in the
- the kids are
- has three kids
- the other kids
- wife and kids
- good with kids
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.