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kidding on the square

kidding on the square is the present participle and gerund of kid on the square.

Meaning of kid on the square

Verb

kid on the square (third-person singular simple present kids on the square, present participle kidding on the square, simple past and past participle kidded on the square)

  1. To be joking, but at the same time really mean it.
    • "I'm kiddin' on the square," said Hanks.1907, Alfred Damon Runyon, “The Defense of Strikerville”, in McClure's Magazine, volume 28, page 379

Questions about kidding on the square

What is kidding on the square the present participle and gerund of?
Kidding on the square is the present participle and gerund of kid on the square.

Words near kidding on the square in the dictionary

  1. kiddiness
  2. kidding
  3. kidding around
  4. kidding aside
  5. kidding on
  6. kidding on the square
  7. kiddingly
  8. kiddings
  9. kiddiot
  10. kiddiots
  11. kiddish

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