Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
kidder .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word kidders.
Examples
-
Ah, yes, the “just kidding” defense … those right-wingers … such kidders …
-
While non-comedies have prospered by showcasing sudden and extreme emotion (try to find a solid minute of any episode of Deal or No Deal or 24 without torrential human anguish, or 30 seconds of Grey's Anatomy or Extreme Makeover: Home Edition without bursts of weeping and/or unbridled joy), we have been nervously engineering unsurprising story arcs featuring likeable kidders -- with equally unsurprising results.
-
Those Topps baseball card folks...always the kidders.
-
AFTER WPKX HAD broadcast the news of the carpenter's murder every half hour, Qwilleran's telephone began to ring and he found himself fielding calls from concerned friends and friendly kidders.
The Cat Who Went Underground Braun, Lilian Jackson 1989
-
From his point of view, she saw him working out in a gym with a couple of his kidders.
A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson
-
"I've seen a lot of kidders in my time, but you certainly got 'em all skinned to death," said he.
Yollop George Barr McCutcheon 1897
-
Ah, yes, the "just kidding" defense … those right-wingers … such kidders …
Center for American Progress Action Fund Amanda Terkel 2010
-
But I’ll never know for sure — because people are great self-kidders — if I reached the truthful answer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Breyer on Judicial Neutrality: 2004
-
But I’ll never know for sure — because people are great self-kidders — if I reached the truthful answer.
-
But I’ll never know for sure — because people are great self-kidders — if I reached the truthful answer.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.