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Lad vs Lid - What's the difference?

lad | lid |

As nouns the difference between lad and lid

is that lad is a boy or young man while lid is the top or cover of a container.

As a verb lid is

to put a lid on something.

lad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A boy or young man.
  • (British) A jack the lad; a boyo.
  • I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
  • A familiar term of address for a young man.
  • A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad ).
  • (Ireland) The penis.
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  • Usage notes

    Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.

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    lid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The top or cover of a container.
  • (lb) A cap or hat.
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  • (lb) One ounce of cannabis.
  • A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
  • *2001 , realsurf.com message board
  • *:Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.
  • *2003 August, Kneelo Knews
  • *:the rest of us managed to dodge out of control lid riders
  • (lb) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
  • (lb) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
  • (lb) Eyelid.
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  • *:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
  • Derived terms

    * skid lid * flip your lid * keep the lid on something/someone * lidless * eyelid

    Verb

  • To put a lid on something.
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