kid
/ˈkɪd/ verb B1- To dupe or deceive. · Are you kidding me?· I kid you not!
- To deceive or dupe as a joke. · Stop kidding me! It's not funny.
- To deceive oneself by having unrealistic expectations. · You're kidding yourself if you think you can be a rockstar.
- To mock or make a fool of (someone) in a playful way. · They were always kidding her for her stutter.
- To joke. · You must be kidding!· I'm only kidding!
- Of a goat: to give birth. · That nanny over there with the white tail has kidded every year for the last five years.
He/she/it kids · Past kidded · Past participle kidded · -ing form kidding
Verb forms
- Base form
- kid
- He/she/it
- kids
- Past
- kidded
- Past participle
- kidded
- -ing form
- kidding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity.
## The Kid and the Wolf
A KID standing on the roof of a house, out of harm’s way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him.
A LION and a Bear seized a Kid at the same moment, and fought fiercely for its possession.
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