Kid vs Trick - What's the difference?
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A young goat.
* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), ,
Of a goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid .
Kidskin.
* 1912 , (Jean Webster), ,
(uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
* 1819 , (Walter Scott), , Chapter 5,
A young antelope.
(colloquial) A child or young person.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=15 * 2007 July 5, (Barack Obama), ,
(colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
* 2007 June 3, (Eben Moglen), speech, ,
(nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
(colloquial) To make a fool of (someone).
(colloquial) To make a joke with (someone).
Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
(colloquial) To joke.
(slang) Stylish or cool.
Something designed to fool or swindle.
A single piece (or business) of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act.
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
(dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
* William Shakespeare, King Lear act IV, scene VI:
* William Shakespeare,King John Act I, scene I
A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
(card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
* Alexander Pope
(slang) An act of prostitution. Generally used with turn .
(slang) A customer to a prostitute.
An entertaining difficult physical action.
A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
* 1885 , Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, The Conductor and Brakeman , page 496:
* 1899 , New York (State), Bureau of Statistics, Deptartment of Labor, Annual Report :
* 1949 , Labor arbitration reports , page 738:
(nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
(heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
* 1600 , Hamlet , , by Shakespeare
* Ben Jonson
To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up'', ''off'', or ''out .
* Alexander Pope
* John Locke
* Macaulay
In nautical terms the difference between kid and trick
is that kid is a small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food while trick is a sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.As nouns the difference between kid and trick
is that kid is a young goat while trick is something designed to fool or swindle.As verbs the difference between kid and trick
is that kid is to make a fool of (someone) while trick is to fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.As an adjective trick is
stylish or cool.kid
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kide, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I went, indeed, intending to kill a kid' out of my own flock; and bring it home and dress it; but as I was going I saw a she-goat lying down in the shade, and two young ' kids sitting by her.
- I have three pairs of kid' gloves. I've had '''kid''' mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never real ' kid gloves with five fingers.
- So saying, he gathered together, and brought to a flame, the decaying brands which lay scattered on the ample hearth; took from the larger board a mess of pottage and seethed kid , placed it upon the small table at which he had himself supped, and, without waiting the Jew's thanks, went to the other side of the hall; .
citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid' s clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
- Our kids' are why all of you are in this room today. Our '''kids''' are why you wake up wondering how you'll make a difference and go to bed thinking about tomorrow's lesson plan. Our ' kids are why you walk into that classroom every day even when you're not getting the support, or the pay, or the respect that you deserve - because you believe that every child should have a chance to succeed; that every child can be taught.
- I remember as a kid lawyer working at IBM in the summer of 1983, when a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first time asked to buy 12000 IBM PCs in a single order.
- (Cooper)
Synonyms
* (kidskin) kid leather * (meat of a young goat) cabrito * see alsoDerived terms
* handle with kid gloves * kiddy * kidly * kidskin * kidult * quiz kid * whiz kidVerb
(kidd)- You're kidding !
- Only kidding
See also
* suedeEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) cidysen.Anagrams
* ----trick
English
Adjective
(er)- Wow, your new sportscar is so trick .
Noun
(en noun)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
- the tricks of boys
- (Prior)
- a trick''' of drumming with the fingers; a '''trick of frowning
- The trick of that voice I do well remember.
- He hath a trick of Cœur de Lion's face.
- (Ben Jonson)
- On one nice trick depends the general fate.
- On third trick from 12 m. to 8 am, we have W. A. White, formerly operator at Wallula, who thus far has given general satisfaction.
- Woodside Junction—On 8 hour basis, first trick' $60, second '''trick''' $60, third ' trick $50.
- The Union contends that Fifer was entitled to promotion to the position of Group Leader on the third trick in the Core Room Department.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (something designed to trick) artifice, con, gambit, ploy, rip-off, See also * (magic trick) illusion, magic trick, sleight of hand * (customer to a prostitute) john, see also * (entertaining difficult physical action) * (daily period of work) shiftVerb
(en verb)- You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
- The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms, / Black as his purpose, did the night resemble / When he lay couched in the ominous horse, / Hath now this dread and black complexion smear'd / With heraldry more dismal; head to foot / Now is he total gules; horridly trick'd / With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons
- They forget that they are in the statutes: there they are tricked , they and their pedigrees.
- Trick her off in air.
- Tricking up their children in fine clothes.
- They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been.
