to kid
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3.5
- verb
- /kɪd/
- Informal
:
bromear
- I was just kidding when I said I wouldn't come to your party.
- just kidding
So we're looking and I find, I kid you not, a Furby costume.
- So we're looking and I find, I kid you not, a Furby costume.
- And then I think I'm kidding, but don't be mean.
- Y'all have got to be kidding me with Congress here.
- And all Mark Wahlberg can say is, come on, you're kidding, right?
- I think that you can kid yourself all you like.
- You've earned the right, but don't kid yourself.
Examples
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The boys are even starting to kid me about it.
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When I mention this to one of my students, he replies, "Are you kidding?"
Academic text (2005) -
Oh, you have got to be kidding me, Cat.
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Are you... are you kidding me right now?
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I thought he was kidding.
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So first, no, I'm just kidding, sorry.
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You've got to be kidding me.
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My teenage son kids me that my photography workshop is nothing more than summer camp for adults.
Academic text (1999) -
Finner, I'm not kidding, man.
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My teacher was only partially kidding when he introduced me publicly as an "Ojibwologist."
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
476
1.0
To say or do something to make people laugh
80
2.9
Say something funny, often unkind, about someone or something
40
2.4
To say funny things and behave in a playful way to make people laugh
25
3.9
To make jokes about someone to make them look silly
23
3.4
To make jokes about someone, sometimes to be playful and sometimes to be unkind
19
5.1
Act in a playful, joking way without being serious
15
3.0
To make someone believe something that is not true as a joke
9
4.6
To tease someone in a friendly, playful way
9
4.8
To act silly and playful to make people laugh
7
6.5
Make fun of someone in a friendly, playful way
5
3.2
To trick someone in a friendly way to make them laugh
5
9.1
To tease someone in a playful or annoying way
4
7.5
To tease someone in a playful way
2
3.8
To tease someone in a friendly, joking way
2
7.5
To laugh at someone and say unkind things about them
1
7.0
To act in a playful way to make someone laugh
1
7.5
To joke or tease someone in a friendly way
1
8.1
To tease someone in a playful way
1
9.1
To tease someone by making jokes about them in a friendly way
1
4.1
To tell someone something that is not true to make them laugh
1
8.1
To play and joke in a silly way and sometimes cause trouble
1
8.7
To make a playful joke or trick someone to make them laugh
To make fun of someone in a playful way
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
7.2
Very excited and happy because there are many things to choose from
- Informal
1
8.3
Very excited and happy like a child who gets presents
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Playful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word kid as a verb meaning 'to tease' grew from the casual use of 'kid' for a child, where people would joke with or gently poke fun at youngsters; a helpful way to remember is that to kid someone is to joke with them in a friendly way.