to kit
- verb
- /kɪt/
- Women kit themselves out with any number of too-cute-for-words polka-dot dresses, complete with bright red lipstick, naturally, along with mini dresses and skirts with seamed nylon stockings.
He's in there all kitted up and looks like he's like this little kid playing airsoft.
- He's in there all kitted up and looks like he's like this little kid playing airsoft.
- So we're all kitted up and the first group goes, they get the jump.
Examples
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The organization will kit the volunteers with safety gear before they start the project.
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So the only way to kit out our three-way setup with more RAM was to use cards that have more each in the first place.
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- Let's kit you out.
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What about all of the people out there who would love to use 3D printing but have no desire or time to kit up a RepRap and source parts?
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I did hear about Naughty Boy actually being able to start himself off by going on "Deal or No Deal," and he won £70,000, and he used that to, like, kit out a studio, and I know he bought a car.
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Wii U players will also receive a handful of exclusive Snoop Dogg outfits to kit players out in the rapper's signature style.
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Before the camping trip, we need to kit out the RV with cooking utensils and sleeping bags.
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The school plans to kit each student with a laptop and essential supplies for remote learning.
Synonyms
To give people and things the tools or skills needed for a task
To give someone the equipment they need for a certain purpose
To set up equipment on a ship or machine so it is ready to use
To equip a place with tools to do a particular job
To supply someone with food or other needed items
To give someone the gear they need
To give people or a place the tools and clothes they need for an activity
Add the equipment a place or thing needs to make it ready
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
A small gray fox with large ears that lives in western North American deserts and is active at night
A set of pads and electronics you play like drums to make different drum sounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Kit as a verb comes from the noun kit meaning a set of equipment, so to kit someone is to 'supply' them with that set, which is why a team was often 'kitted out' when given uniforms or gear.