Kid, Kids, KIDS, and K.I.D.S. may refer to:

Common meanings

* Colloquial term for a

child A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger ...

or other

young person Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Yout ...

** Also for a parent's

offspring In biology, offspring are the young creation of living organisms, produced either by a single organism or, in the case of sexual reproduction, two organisms. Collective offspring may be known as a brood or progeny in a more general way. This ca ...

regardless of age * Engage in

joking A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. It usually takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, ...

* Young

goats The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the ...

* The

goat meat Goat meat or goat's meat is the meat of the domestic goat ''(Capra aegagrus hircus)''. The common name for goat meat is simply "goat", while that from young goats can be called ''capretto'' (It.), ''cabrito'' (Sp. and Por.) or ''kid''. In South ...

of young goats *

Kidskin Kidskin or kid leather is a type of soft, thin leather that is traditionally used for gloves (hence the phrase ' kid gloves,' used since at least 1888 as a metaphor for careful handling). It is widely used for other fashion purposes such as footwea ...

, leather from young goats

Entertainment

Performers

* K.I.D (band), Canadian indie rock band *

K.I.D. (musician) K.I.D. was a British musician and the 1980s Italo disco musician best known for his SAM import and club hit "You Don't Like My Music (Hupendi Muziki Wangu?!)" that entered the ''Billboard'' Club charts. The name is a pseudonym used by Geoffre ...

, a disco project by Geoff Bastow *

Kid 'n Play Kid 'n Play is an American hip-hop duo from New York City that was most popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo was composed of Christopher Reid ("Kid") and Christopher Martin ("Play") working alongside their DJ, Mark "DJ Wiz" Eas ...

, American hip-hop duo from New York *

Kid Capri David Anthony Love Jr. (born February 7, 1967) is an American DJ and rapper better known by his stage name Kid Capri. Early life Kid Capri's humble roots can be traced back to his parents' home in the Bronx, where ten year old David Antho ...

(born 1967), American DJ and rapper *

Kid Carpet Kid Carpet (born Ed Patrick) is a musician from Bristol, England. His music has been described as 'kiddy disco punk' and 'shit-hop', as it is recorded in his home studio using instruments such as samplers, Casio keyboards, and various children ...

, musician from Bristol, UK * Kid Crème (born 1974), house music producer and DJ *

Kid Cudi Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (born January 30, 1984), also known by his stage name Kid Cudi ( ), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and fashion designer. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Cudi would move to New Yo ...

(born 1984), American rapper Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi *

Kid Jensen David Allan "Kid" Jensen (born 4 July 1950) is a Canadian-born British radio DJ and television presenter. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began as a radio DJ on Radio Luxembourg. Jensen was later a broadcaster for the BBC from 197 ...

(born 1950; David Jensen), Canadian-British radio DJ *

Kid Ory Edward "Kid" Ory (December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973) was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz. He was ...

(1886–1973), American jazz trombonist and bandleader *

Kid Rock Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known professionally as Kid Rock (also known as Bobby Shazam), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. His style alternates between rock, hip hop, country, and metal. A self-taught musician ...

(born 1971), American singer Robert James Ritchie * Kid Creole (born 1950), American musician August Darnell, leader of

Kid Creole and the Coconuts Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created by August Darnell with Andy Hernandez and Adriana Kaegi. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco and Latin American, Caribbean, ...

The Kid Laroi Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard (born 17 August 2003), known professionally as the Kid Laroi (stylised as the Kid LAROI), is an Australian rapper, singer and songwriter. He originally gained recognition from his association and friendship with A ...

(born 2003), Australian rapper and singer-songwriter Charlton Howard

Albums

* ''K.I.D.S.'' (album), by Mac Miller, 2010 * ''K.I.D.S.'' (EP), by Tiny Masters of Today, 2006 * ''Kids'' (Noga Erez album), 2021 * '' Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola'', by Hank Jones and Joe Lovano, 2007 * ''Kids'', by

the Midnight The Midnight is an American Synthwave (2000s genre), synthwave band composed of Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Tyler Lyle and Los Angeles-based Danish-born producer, songwriter, and singer Tim McEwan. Origins The band was formed as a result of ...

, 2018

Songs

* "Kid" (Peter Andre song), a 2014 song * "Kid" (Pretenders song), 1979 * "Kid", a song by

Green Apple Quick Step Green Apple Quick Step, often abbreviated as GAQS, is an American rock band from Seattle. Their sound was described as hard-edged, post-grunge rock. The band began as Inspector Luv and the Ride Me Babys in Tacoma, Washington before becoming Gr ...

* "Kids" (MGMT song), 2008 * "Kids" (OneRepublic song), 2016 * "Kids" (Style of Eye song), 2013 * "Kids" (Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue song), 2000 * "Kids", a song by Dev from the 2014 EP ''

Bittersweet July ''Bittersweet July'' is the second extended play (EP) by American recording artist Dev, released on September 23, 2014 by her own record label Rica Lyfe Records. It is her first project released since her debut studio album '' The Night the Sun C ...

'' * "Kids", a song from the 1960 musical ''

Bye Bye Birdie ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart. Originally titled ''Let's Go Steady'', ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is set in 1958. The short story "Dream Man", authored ...

'' * "Kids", a song by Ben Rector from the 2018 album '' Magic''

Film and television

* ''Kid'' (2012 film), a Belgian film * ''Kid'' (1990 film), an American thriller starring C. Thomas Howell * ''Kids'' (film), a 1995 American drama directed by Larry Clark * Kids Channel, channel in

MNC Channel MNC Channel was an Indonesian international television channel owned by MNC Media. The channel aired news and entertainment programs from Indonesia for Indonesian communities worldwide. It was launched as "MNC The Indonesian Channel" in August ...

PBS Kids PBS Kids is the brand for most of the Children's television series, children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some Public broadcasting, public television children's programs are not produced by ...

, a brand for children's programming on the US Public Broadcasting Service

Characters

* Kid Sampson, in the novel ''

Catch-22 ''Catch-22'' is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, it uses a distinctive non-chr ...

'' by Joseph Heller * Kid, in the 1978 film ''

Jubilee A jubilee is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term is often now used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of a monarch after a milestone number of y ...

'' played by Adam Ant * Ward "Kid Galahad" Guisenberry, in the 1937 film ''

Kid Galahad ''Kid Galahad'' is a 1962 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. It was released by United Artists in August 1962 and opened at #9 at the American box office. '' Variety'' ranked it #37 on its list of the top-grossing films of ...

'' * Kid (Chrono Cross), in the PlayStation role-playing game ''Chrono Cross'' *

Kid Flash Kid Flash is the name of several Superhero, fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by John Broome (writer), John Broome and Carmine Infantino, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Flash ...

, name of several DC Comics characters * Eustass 'Captain' Kid, in the manga ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapt ...

'' * Kaito Kid ("Phantom Thief Kid"), in the manga ''Magic Kaito'' * Death the Kid, commonly referred to as Kid, in the manga ''Soul Eater'' * Kid, in ''

Bastion A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with f ...

'', an Xbox 360 Arcade/PC game * Kid, in ''

Jak II ''Jak II'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. It is the second game of the ''Jak and Daxter'' series and it is both a sequel and a prequel to '' ...

'' video game

Radio

* KID (AM), in Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States * KWFI-FM, a radio station (96.1 FM) licensed to serve Aberdeen, Idaho, which held the call sign KID-FM from 1965 to 1989 and from 1992 to 2018 * KIDS (FM) (88.1 FM), a radio station licensed to Grants, New Mexico, U.S.

Science and technology

Kid (templating language) Kid is a simple template engine for XML-based vocabularies written in Python. Kid claims to have many of the best features of XSLT, TAL, and PHP, but "with much of the limitations and complexity stamped out". Kid initially acted as the View com ...

, a template engine for XML-based vocabularies written in Python * KID (Kindle Imagine Develop), a Japanese game company * Aquilair Kid, a French ultralight trike design *

Kinetic inductance detector The kinetic inductance detector (KID) — also known as a microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) — is a type of superconducting photon detector first developed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion ...

, a type of superconducting photon detector *

KIDS (disease) ''Koala retrovirus'' (KoRV) is a retrovirus that is present in many populations of koalas. It has been implicated as the agent of koala immune deficiency syndrome (KIDS), an AIDS-like immunodeficiency that leaves infected koalas more susceptible ...

, Koala Immune Deficiency Syndrome * .kid and .kids, Proposed top-level domains for websites intended for children * KID, a portion of a p300/CBP-related protein

People

* Kid (nickname), a list of people with the nickname or ring name

Other uses

County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...

, Ireland, Chapman code KID * ''Kid'' (poetry collection), a 1992 collection of poems by Simon Armitage * Kid Chan (born 1978), international wedding photojournalist from Malaysia * KID, National Rail station code for Kidderminster railway station in England * KID, IATA code for Kristianstad Airport, Sweden *

Kids In Danger Kids in Danger (KID) is an American non-profit dedicated to educating parents, training engineers, designers, and manufacturers, and advocating for improvements in children's product safety in cribs, toys, bathtub seats, bunk beds, car seats, carri ...

, working against consumer product hazards to children *

King's Indian Defence The King's Indian Defence is a common chess opening. It is defined by the following moves: :1. d4 Nf6 :2. c4 g6 Black intends to follow up with 3...Bg7 and 4...d6 (the Grünfeld Defence arises when Black plays 3...d5 instead, and is consi ...

, in chess * Kennebec Intra-District Schools