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kiddy

/ˈkɪdi/US[ˈkʰɪɾi]

kiddy noun: a small kid (young goat). Also the alternative spelling of kiddie.

Noun

kiddy (plural kiddies)

  1. A small kid (young goat).
  2. (archaic, slang) A man, a fellow; a person.
    • So what I do kiddies, is work hard, stay in shape, practice.1970, Jim Bouton, Ball Four, New York, page 22
    • Chazz is a gangland kiddy of the more amiable sort who all his life has wanted to be taken for menacing […].2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 93
  3. (UK, obsolete, slang) A low thief.

Verb

kiddy (third-person singular simple present kiddies, present participle kiddying, simple past and past participle kiddied)

  1. (archaic) To kid; to hoax or tease.
    • But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC

Adjective

kiddy (comparative kiddier, superlative kiddiest)

  1. (informal) Childish.
    • The concept is really old, the graphics look very kiddy, and the creators are making millions off it.2013, Nico Vermeir, Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition, page 193

Proper noun capitalized: Kiddy

Kiddy

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Also used as

kiddy is also the alternative spelling of kiddie.

Forms of kiddy

Noun
pluralkiddies
Verb
third-person singular presentkiddies
present participlekiddying
past participlekiddied
pastkiddied
Adjective
comparativekiddier
superlativekiddiest

Origin of kiddy

From kid + -y.

Clipping of McAdie and related names, anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh (patronymic surname), diminutive of Adam.

Words formed from kiddy

Phrases with kiddy

Words that rhyme with kiddy

Questions about kiddy

What does kiddy mean?
Kiddy means a small kid (young goat).
What part of speech is kiddy?
Kiddy can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kiddy?
Kiddy is pronounced /ˈkɪdi/.
What is the plural of kiddy?
The plural of kiddy is kiddies.

Words near kiddy in the dictionary

  1. Kidds
  2. kiddush
  3. kiddushes
  4. kiddushim
  5. kiddushin
  6. kiddy
  7. kiddy fiddler
  8. kiddy fiddlers
  9. kiddy glove
  10. kiddy pool
  11. kiddy pools

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