kidlet
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈkɪd.lɪt/
- Informal
- During the party, we sang songs and played games with the kidlets.
Examples
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Every morning, my kidlet asks for pancakes and syrup for breakfast.
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I've made the executive decision to just buy all the non-perishable essentials we might need (tomato sauce, sultanas, and Coke being paramount to my action plan) and rely on the kidlets to remind me if I'm forgetting something.
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I love that your kidlets are so happy to help others.
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You are the most incredible kidlet, and you're not even ticklish!
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I like that you're raising the kidlets in "The Now."
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My kidlet was given a genuine Tigger onesie and hat from the Disney store when he was born.
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It would've been so nice to sleep in, but the kidlets still need to get to school.
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You got any kidlets?
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First, you need to know that I'm a librarian (former children's librarian), so taking my kidlet to the library has always been one of my favorite activities.
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Then I wandered back down Trinity to the hotel and had a little siesta, followed by a trip out to Santa Fe with Eric and Logan Horne and their adorable kidlets.
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Synonyms
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1.0
A young person, usually a child
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1.0
A very young child or animal that cannot walk and cannot talk yet
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7.2
A friendly, informal way to call a child or young person
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1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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7.7
A young child
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7.9
A small, cute child that adults call to show love
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9.3
A friendly way to say child or young animal
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7.8
A small doll or a name for a sweet child
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7.5
A young child
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8.2
A young child who crawls or is learning to walk
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5.5
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
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9.8
A baby or very young child
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9.9
A very small person, often a child
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8.2
A small child who makes trouble in a playful way
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9.9
A very young child such as a newborn
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8.4
A small, cute child often a baby or toddler
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9.3
A small child, said in a friendly way
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7.4
Young children who are not yet adults
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9.9
An old word for a child, often a boy
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9.9
A lively child who likes to climb and play noisy games
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8.8
A very small child
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9.3
A small child who behaves badly, often in a playful way
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9.9
A very young child people speak to with love
A small child or person treated with love and care
A small, very cute person or animal that people often call by a nickname
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word kidlet is a friendly, small form of kid plus the ending -let, which means 'little' and appears in words like piglet or booklet. So a kidlet is 'a little kid' and is used for a small child or sometimes a young goat.