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kiddos

kiddos is the plural of kiddo.

Meaning of kiddo

Noun

kiddo (plural kiddos or kiddoes)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, US, colloquial, endearing) A close friend; especially used as a form of address.
    • Okay, kiddo, I gotta run.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, US, colloquial, endearing) A child.
    • The books say it's normal. Toddlers often stop napping around this age, and the average amount of sleep needed by a two-year-old is between nine and thirteen hours. My kiddo cuts logs for twelve hours at a stretch, so she's plenty rested.2008, Robin Dutton-Cookston, The Foggiest Idea: Tales of a Displaced Texan in San Francisco Mamaland, page 51

Questions about kiddos

What is kiddos the plural of?
Kiddos is the plural of kiddo.

Words near kiddos in the dictionary

  1. kiddlywink
  2. kiddlywinks
  3. kiddo
  4. kiddoes
  5. kiddom
  6. kiddos
  7. kiddow
  8. kiddows
  9. Kidds
  10. kiddush
  11. kiddushes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kiddos (page history and authors); kiddo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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