Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A child.
- noun A young person.
- noun Pal. Used as a term of familiar address.
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- noun colloquial, slang An affectionate moniker for a close
friend orpal , especially used as a form ofaddress .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Working on breaking this cycle ASAP as my kiddo is as stubborn as they come.
Praise The Sleep Gods And Pass The Cookies | Her Bad Mother 2009
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I was wondering, just last night at 3am, if my kiddo is ever going to do the same.
Praise The Sleep Gods And Pass The Cookies | Her Bad Mother 2009
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People have DIRTY minds whenever they see me whip it out and no kiddo is around to put it into context. haha
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Hope poor kiddo is doing better. (and the storm was so bad here I thought the noise outside was a street sweeper going by; it was just the wind racing through the trees)
97° and Humid on the Outside, 103° and Sweet on the Inside kittenpie 2006
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My kiddo is 9 now and is mostly just very excited and wants a new dress, etc.
(Over)Extended Family Jessica 2005
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The kiddo is a big handshaker, but I still have to remind him to wash his hands before meals, after using the bathroom, etc., so I know he's washing as necessary.
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I am not often called kiddo now, but my mother used to call me that!
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At the risk of being branded "kiddo", I'm curious, were "Lion King I 1/2" and "Lilo and Stitch 2" part of the DisneyToon Studios, sequels?
The End of Cheap Sequels Steve Hulett 2007
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Ethel drove in for the best hearings and took a chair near the press table, calling us all "kiddo," chewing gum constantly, lobbying us in asides: "Can you believe this guy?"
Virtual 'Bobby' 2006
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LAMB: Did he call you -- and you quote him calling you "kiddo"?
yarb commented on the word kiddo
I think of my poems as my kiddo, and no doubt but Tennyson felt that way too...
- Stevie Smith, Novel on Yellow Paper
February 22, 2009