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kiddy

noun
/ˈkɪdi//ˈkʰɪɾi/CA

Etymology

Clipping of McAdie and related names, anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh (patronymic surname), diminutive of Adam.

  1. borrowed from Mac Adaidh

Definitions

  1. A small kid (young goat).

  2. Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”).

  3. A man, a fellow

    A man, a fellow; a person.

    • So what I do kiddies, is work hard, stay in shape, practice.
    • Chazz is a gangland kiddy of the more amiable sort who all his life has wanted to be taken for menacing […].
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A low thief.

    2. To kid

      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; […]

    3. Childish.

      • The concept is really old, the graphics look very kiddy, and the creators are making millions off it.

    4. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA