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Kid (Verb)

Meaning 1

Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The friends spent their evening at the beach just kidding around and having a good time.
  • She was always kidding around with her siblings when they were younger.
  • He likes to kid around on the job to help lighten the mood.
  • Everyone in the group started kidding around as the movie credits rolled.
  • During the lunch break, coworkers could be heard kidding around in the break room.

Synonyms

  • Josh
  • Chaff
  • Banter
  • Jolly

Hypernyms

  • Rally
  • Cod
  • Rag
  • Bait
  • Twit
  • Taunt
  • Tantalise
  • Tantalize
  • Ride
  • Razz

Meaning 2

Tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • I told him it was raining cats and dogs outside just to kid him, but he actually fell for it.
  • Stop kidding me and tell me the real reason why you're running late.
  • Are you kidding me, you expect me to believe you just happened to meet your favorite celebrity on the bus?
  • My brother always tries to kid me that he's a master of chess, but I know he's just making it up as he goes along.
  • My little cousin started kidding the whole family that she saw a giant spider in the corner, and everyone except Grandma actually bought into it.

Synonyms

  • Pull The Leg Of

Hypernyms

  • Cod
  • Put One Over
  • Fool
  • Gull
  • Put On
  • Put One Across
  • Befool
  • Slang
  • Take In
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