kiddy

noun, verb, adj — 6 senses

kiddy

noun

CA, US [ˈkʰɪɾi] · /ˈkɪdi/

Etymology From kid + -y.

1

A small kid (young goat).

2

Alternative, Colloquial Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”).

3

Archaic, Slang A man, a fellow; a person.

So what I do kiddies, is work hard, stay in shape, practice.1970, Jim Bouton, Ball Four, New York, page 22:
Chazz is a gangland kiddy of the more amiable sort who all his life has wanted to be taken for menacing […].2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 93:

4

UK, Obsolete, Slang A low thief.

Derived terms: kiddyish, kiddy pool

kiddy

verb

Etymology From kid + -y.

1

Archaic 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; […]1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC:

kiddy

adj

Etymology From kid + -y.

1

Informal Childish.

The concept is really old, the graphics look very kiddy, and the creators are making millions off it.2013, Nico Vermeir, Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition, page 193:

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