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1kid Listen to audio/ˈkɪd/ noun
plural kids
1 [count] informal a : a son or daughter : child
She has to leave early and pick up her kids at school. He has a wife and two kids.
b : a young person
I loved to play hopscotch when I was a kid. [=child] I wish I could do something to help that poor kid. I know he seems very mature, but he's really still just a kid. [=he's still very young] a bunch of college kids [=young people who are attending college]sometimes used as a form of address Hey, kid! You'd better listen to me, kid, because I'm not going to say this twice.
2 a [count] : a young goat
b [noncount] : a soft leather made from the skin of a young goat
gloves made of kid kid leather
new kid on the block
: someone who has recently joined a particular group
I was the new kid on the block, having just been hired the week before.
— see also kid gloves

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