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kid stuff

kid stuff noun: something done by, used by, or characteristic of immature people, especially children.

Noun

kid stuff (uncountable)

  1. (US, informal) Something done by, used by, or characteristic of immature people, especially children.
    • The scene on television is of a boy's bedroom. The camera pans slowly across ageless kid stuff: baseball cards, posters, clumps of dirty laundry.1993 December 16, Patricia Davis, “Does Johnny Have a Gun?”, in Washington Post, retrieved 28 Jun 2017
    • If spitting is supposed to scare the opponent, it fails miserably. . . . It's not only unhealthy and silly, it's schoolyard kid stuff.2007 November 23, Jack Wilcox, “Hawking Night In Canada”, in The Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved 28 Jun 2017
  2. (US, informal) Something that is easy to do or easy to understand.
    • It's kid stuff to barrel along in a car like a big shot. I kept the needle right on fiftyfive.1949 January, John D. MacDonald, "Three's a Shroud" in New Detective (republished as "Verdict" in More Good Old Stuff, 2014)
    • For our second Teton expedition, we decide, enough with the kid stuff. We settle on a six-mile hike up to Taggart and Bradley lakes2006 September 17, Susan Morse, “In the Tetons, Claws for Concern”, in Washington Post, retrieved 28 Jun 2017

Examples of kid stuff in a sentence

  • They seem happy, have friendships, do kid stuff.2016 January 9, Sarah Thompson, “'Why I'd support my daughter if she wanted to be a single mum like me'”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 28...
  • While it looks death-defying, that kind of jump is kid stuff to a judge.2010 February 1, Henry Fountain, “Science: Up in the Air, and Down, With a Twist”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Jun 2017:

Synonyms of kid stuff

Forms of kid stuff

alternative formkid's stuff
alternative UKkids' stuff

Questions about kid stuff

What does kid stuff mean?
Kid stuff means something done by, used by, or characteristic of immature people, especially children.
How do you use kid stuff in a sentence?
They seem happy, have friendships, do kid stuff.
What part of speech is kid stuff?
Kid stuff is a noun.

Words near kid stuff in the dictionary

  1. kid show
  2. kid shows
  3. kid sister
  4. kid sisters
  5. Kid Starver
  6. kid stuff
  7. KID syndrome
  8. kid table
  9. kid tables
  10. kid's stuff
  11. kid-dom

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