Kidding (Hoaxing)
<p>kid, n.5 slang.</p>
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(kɪd)</p>
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[f. kid v.4]</p>
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Humbug, ‘gammon’. In colloq. phr. no kid, no kidding, I am not kidding.</p>
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kid, v.1</p>
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(kɪd)</p>
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[f. kid n.1 Cf. Norw. kia (= *kida).]</p>
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a.a trans. To give birth to (a kid). b.b intr. To bring forth a kid or kids. Hence ˈkidding vbl. n. Also attrib.</p>
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kid, v.4 slang.</p>
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(kɪd)</p>
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[perh. f. kid n.1 in sense ‘make a kid of’; cf. kiddy v.; also cod v.3]</p>
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trans. To hoax, humbug, try to make (one) believe what is not true. Also, to joke with, tease. Also intr. or absol., and const. along or on; freq. in phr. no kidding, I am not kidding; that is the truth. Hence ˈkidding vbl. n.; ˈkidder2, one who hoaxes or humbugs; also, one who jokes or teases.</p>