kit

noun

/kɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in American English in the mid 20th century.

derived from *kitjō-,*kut-✻
derived from kitte
inherited from kyt,kytt,kytte

Definitions

A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
2
A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish
A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
- He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
3
A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
- Dudes! You simply have too much stuff in your kit! But don't sweat it, I can buy some stuff you don't need.
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1. 4
  Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman,…
  Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
  - Always carry a good first-aid kit.
2. 5
  A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
  - I built the entire car from a kit.
3. The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
4. 7
  Clothing.
  - Get your kit off and come to bed.
  - The Argentina fan who risked jail by getting her kit off at the World Cup final has broken her silence by posting more topless videos.
5. A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
6. The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
7. A drum kit.
8. 11
  The whole set
  The whole set; kit and caboodle.
  - Do you know the proportion between ten and twelve or thirteen? — No; I should suppose you may take the whole kit of them as thirty; and the rest are people at from twenty to forty years of age.
9. 12
  To assemble or collect something into kits.
  - We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.
10. To equip (somebody) with something.
11. A kitten (young cat).
12. 15
  A cat in general.
  - “You must call them ‘squibs and crackers.’ And what would you call her?” pointing to the cat. ¶ “Cat or kit, or whatever you please, sir.”
13. A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).
14. A young fox.
15. A young beaver.
16. A young ferret.
17. A young skunk.
18. A young rabbit.
19. A young weasel.
20. 23
  Synonym of kit violin.
  - A dancing master's kit.
  - Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
21. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
22. Initialism of keep in touch.
23. A diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
24. A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related female given names.
25. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Кіт (Kit).
26. A male given name from Cantonese 傑 /杰 (git⁶).

The neighborhood

neighborairfix kit
neighborbathroom kit
neighborbody hygiene kit
neighborbody kit
neighbordeath kit
neighborelectronic kit
neighborfirst aid kit
neighborfootball kit
neighbormodel kit
neighborpack-up kit
neighborrobot kit
neighborshaving kit

Derived

beard kit, dancing master's kit, devkit, dop kit, dopp kit, first-aid kit, get one's kit off, hush kit, identikit, kikay kit, kill kit, kit and caboodle, kit and kaboodle, kitbag, kit bag, kitbash, kit car, kit-cat, kit gun, kit-kat, kit lens, kitless, kit man, kitome, kit out, kitset, kitter, kittle, kit-violin, media kit, medikit, medkit, mess kit, minikit, non-WebKit, press kit, rape kit, rape test kit, rekit, root kit · +15 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for kit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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