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kidding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰɪɾɪŋ] t-flapping
  • [ˈkʰɪdɪŋ] without t-flapping
  • /ˈkɪɾɪŋ/ t-flapping
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɪdɪŋ/ without t-flapping

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Joking, duping, or light-hearted deception.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of a goat giving birth.
    • Attended kiddings allow owners to remove the kids from their dams prior to suckling and ingestion of colostrum. 2006, Robert S. Youngquist, Walter R. Threlfall, Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kiddings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

no kidding

kidding en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [ˈkʰɪɾɪŋ] t-flapping
  • [ˈkʰɪdɪŋ] without t-flapping
  • /ˈkɪɾɪŋ/ t-flapping
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɪdɪŋ/ without t-flapping

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of kid
    form of kid

Deriveds

just kidding · kiddingly