Dictionary

kiddy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɪdi/
• [ˈkʰɘɾiː] (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈkʰɪɾi] (Canada, US)

Etymology

From kid + -y.

Meanings

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:

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kiddy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɪdi/
• [ˈkʰɘɾiː] (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈkʰɪɾi] (Canada, US)

Etymology

From kid + -y.

Meanings

1. A small kid (young goat).
2. (alt-of, alternative, colloquial) Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”).
   alt of kiddie
3. (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:
4. (UK, obsolete, slang) A low thief.

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Deriveds

kiddy pool · kiddyish

kiddy en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɪdi/
• [ˈkʰɘɾiː] (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈkʰɪɾi] (Canada, US)

Etymology

From kid + -y.

Meanings

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:

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