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kiki

/ˈkiːkiː//ˈkiː.kiː/

kiki noun: a gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.

Noun

kiki (plural kikis)

  1. (US, slang) A gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.
    • Let's have a kiki / I wanna have a kiki / Lock the doors tight / Let's have a kiki2012 September 11, Scissor Sisters, “Let's Have a Kiki”, in Magic Hour, track 6
    • Get on my knees and have a kiki with Jesus2016 April 22, Lucian Piane, “Pray & Slay”, in RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Rusical
  2. (US, dated, derogatory, historical) A lesbian who is neither butch nor femme.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:kiki.

Verb

kiki (third-person singular simple present kikis, present participle kikiing or kiki-ing, simple past and past participle kikied)

  1. (US, slang) To meet with friends without any agenda or goals.
    • We spent a whole lot of time kiki'ing around—fooling around.2010, David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution, page 130
    • Went home, changed for my show, kikied with Bruce and walked over to the apartment for my weekly meeting and Sally was just walking into the building from Sirius.2016, Andy Cohen, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries

Proper noun capitalized: Kiki

Kiki

  1. A pet form of several female given names beginning with K.

kiki meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

kiki in Hindi

किकी, कीकी, किकि

kiki in Tamil

கிகி, கிக்கி

kiki in Marathi

किकी, कीकी

kiki in Urdu

ککی
More languagesFewer languages
kiki in Bengali
কিকি, কিকী, কিকি-র কাছে
kiki in Telugu
కికి, కికీ, కిక్కీ
kiki in Malayalam
കിക്കി, കികി, കിക്കിയിലേക്ക്
kiki in Kannada
ಕಿಕಿ, ಕಿಕಿಗೆ
kiki in Punjabi
ਕਿਕੀ, ਕੀਕੀ, ਕਿੱਕੀ
kiki in Gujarati
કિકી, કીકી
kiki in Odia
କିକି, କିକିଙ୍କୁ
kiki in Nepali
किकी, किकि

Forms of kiki

Noun
pluralkikis
alternative formki-ki
Verb
third-person singular presentkikis
present participlekikiing
present participlekiki-ing
past participlekikied
pastkikied

Origin of kiki

In the sense "lesbian who is neither butch nor femme", sometimes said to mean "neither-nor" in some language; related to kai kai (“sexual activity between drag queens”); see that entry for more. In the sense "a gathering for gossiping and chit-chat", perhaps imitative of giggling.

Words that rhyme with kiki

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Questions about kiki

What does kiki mean?
Kiki means a gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.
What is kiki in Hindi?
Kiki in Hindi is किकी, कीकी, किकि. See Kiki meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kiki?
Kiki can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kiki?
Kiki is pronounced /ˈkiːkiː/.
What is the plural of kiki?
The plural of kiki is kikis.

Words near kiki in the dictionary

  1. kikesucker
  2. kikesuckers
  3. kiketard
  4. kikey
  5. Kikhorthang
  6. kiki
  7. kiki-ing
  8. kiki/bouba effect
  9. kikiam
  10. Kikiamah
  11. kikied

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kiki (page history and authors); Kiki (page history and authors); kiki (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kiki (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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