kid

I [kɪd]

nome

1) colloq. (child) bambino m. (-a); (youth) ragazzino m. (-a), ragazzo m. (-a)

their kids are grown up — hanno dei figli grandi

2) (young goat) capretto m.

3) (goatskin) pelle f. di capretto, capretto m.

II 1. [kɪd]

verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -dd-) colloq.

1) (tease) prendere in giro (

about sth. — per qcs.)

2) (fool) fregare, imbrogliare

2.

verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -dd-) colloq. (tease) scherzare

you're kidding! — stai scherzando!

no kidding! — sul serio! davvero!

3.

verbo riflessivo (forma in -ing ecc. -dd-) colloq.

to kid oneself — farsi delle illusioni

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I [kid] noun

1) (a popular word for a child or teenager: They've got three kids now, two boys and a girl; More than a hundred kids went to the disco last night; (also adjective) his kid brother (= younger brother).)

2) (a young goat.)

3) ((also adjective) (of) the leather made from its skin: slippers made of kid; kid gloves.)

II [kid] past tense, past participle - kidded; verb

(to deceive or tease, especially harmlessly: We were kidding him about the girl who keeps ringing him up; He kidded his wife into thinking he'd forgotten her birthday; He didn't mean that - he was only kidding!)

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I [kɪd]

nome

1) colloq. (child) bambino m. (-a); (youth) ragazzino m. (-a), ragazzo m. (-a)

their kids are grown up — hanno dei figli grandi

2) (young goat) capretto m.

3) (goatskin) pelle f. di capretto, capretto m.

II 1. [kɪd]

verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -dd-) colloq.

1) (tease) prendere in giro (

about sth. — per qcs.)

2) (fool) fregare, imbrogliare

2.

verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -dd-) colloq. (tease) scherzare

you're kidding! — stai scherzando!

no kidding! — sul serio! davvero!

3.

verbo riflessivo (forma in -ing ecc. -dd-) colloq.

to kid oneself — farsi delle illusioni