kiddie
nounattested in dialogue
- Canada/[ˈkʰɪɾi]/
- New Zealand/[ˈkʰɘɾiː]/
- //ˈkɪdi//
A child.
noun
- 1
slangA child.
The kiddie pool was shallow so the children would be safe, which meant it was much warmer than the adult pool.
C. S. Lewis first made kiddie lit a respectable field of study.
Some days later, Dan, Gulunna, and the two kiddies fell in with another tribe which was ruled by Chief Bulla.
“He has two kiddies, a pigeon pair.”
Etymology
From kid + -ie.
Forms
- plural
- kiddies