- kid
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} 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.
▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.
adj.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
