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kif | kit |

As an acronym kif

is (computing|artificial intelligence) knowledge interchange format.

As a proper noun kit is

a diminutive of the male given name christopher.

kif

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l), (l)

Noun

(-)
  • A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect.
  • * 1809 , James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco , VIII:
    • The kief , which is the flower and seeds of the plant, is the strongest, and a pipe of it half the size of a common English tobacco-pipe, is sufficient to intoxicate.
  • * 1882 , C. Rollin-Tilton, translating Edmondo de Amicis, Morocco: Its People & Places :
    • I perceived the odour of kif , and recognised the voices of Selam the Second, Abd-el-Rhaman, and others; it was an Arab orgie in full swing.
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 80:
    • The trade goods – Persian rugs, salt, muskets, kif – trailed out behind them over the dunes, still lashed to the backs of rotting animals.
  • * 2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 52:
  • *:‘Some taxi driver, a Maghrebian…he suddenly swerved. They smoke kief , you know.’
  • The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.

    • kit

    English

    (wikipedia kit)

    Etymology 1

    English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. 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 US English in the mid 20th century.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
  • A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
  • * 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
    • He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
  • A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
  • 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 .
  • A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
    • I built the entire car from a kit .
  • (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}
  • (UK, informal) Clothing.
    • Get your kit off and come to bed.
  • (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
  • drum kit
    • Derived terms
    * airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit car

    Verb

    (kitt)
  • To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
    • We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Something which came originally in kit form.
    • kit car

    Etymology 2

    A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • kitten
  • kit fox

    • Etymology 3

    16th century, perhaps from cithara

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a kit violin
  • * Grew
    • A dancing master's kit .
  • * Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

    Etymology 4

    (ca. 1880).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons

    • Anagrams

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