kid

kid
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noun (informal)
ADJECTIVE
little, young
big, older

The older kids had lessons in the afternoon as well.

He's like a big kid with all this enthusiasm.

cute, good, lovely (esp. BrE), nice
cool, smart (esp. AmE)
dumb (esp. AmE), stupid
normal

She was just a normal kid.

crazy, weird

Now what are you two crazy kids doing?

poor

I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid.

rich

a spoiled little rich kid

fat

I was the fat kid through most of my teenage years.

scrawny, skinny

a skinny little kid who looked to be no older than fourteen

local, neighbourhood/neighborhood (esp. AmE)

a gang of local kids

street

street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive

foster

They had sixteen foster kids and two of their own.

college (esp. AmE), high-school (AmE), school (usually schoolkid)
… OF KIDS
bunch, couple, crowd, gang, group

They're just a bunch of kids.

VERB + KID
have

We both wanted to have kids.

want

She had wanted more kids.

adopt, foster

They had adopted three kids.

bring up, raise (esp. AmE)

I've tried to bring my kids up to respect other people.

educate, teach

Here are some fun ways to teach your kids about healthy eating.

look after (esp. BrE), take care of, watch (esp. AmE)

She had offered to watch the kids many times so Toby could go out.

protect

legislation to protect kids from violence and harassment in their schools

PHRASES
just a kid, only a kid

He's only a kid. You can't expect him to understand what's going on.

like a kid

She was crying like a kid.

kids' stuff

The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end.

That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.

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adj.
Kid is used with these nouns: ↑brother, ↑sister

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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