kid (around)

verb

Definition of kid (around)next
as in to horse around

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  1. horse around
  2. cut up
  3. fool around
Verb
  • After five teenage boys are shown horsing around on a Malibu beach for a few seconds, the shot dissolves into Liam’s perfect coif, his unbuttoned shirt, his disarming smile.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Game of Thrones alum, 28, was seen horsing around with the British aristocrat at a polo match at his family's estate in West Sussex, England on Saturday, June 29.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Definition of horse around
Verb
  • And past paintings, too, could be recycled, cut up and then reenlisted for new images.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut up
Verb
  • Why fool around with a convention that everyone understood and practiced?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Flashbacks peppered throughout the first several episodes reveal that Yasmin caught her father fooling around with a pregnant woman on the boat.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
Definition of fool around
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kid

kid (around)

kidded

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“Kid (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid%20%28around%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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