different between kiddo vs kiddy

English

Etymology

kid +? -o; see kid (“child”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?do?/
• Rhymes: -?d??

Noun

kiddo (plural kiddos or kiddoes)

1. (colloquial, endearing) A close friend; especially used as a form of address.

   Okay, kiddo, I gotta run.

2. (colloquial, endearing) A child.
   • 2008, Robin Dutton-Cookston, The Foggiest Idea: Tales of a Displaced Texan in San Francisco Mamaland (page 51)

     The books say it's normal. Toddlers often stop napping around this age, and the average amount of sleep needed by a two-year-old is between nine and thirteen hours. My kiddo cuts logs for twelve hours at a stretch, so she's plenty rested.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??i/
• (US) Homophone: kitty

Noun

kiddy (plural kiddies)

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of kiddie (“a child”)
2. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A man or boy.
3. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A low thief.

Derived terms

• kiddyish

Verb

kiddy (third-person singular simple present kiddies, present participle kiddying, simple past and past participle kiddied)

1. (archaic) To kid; to hoax or tease.
   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes

     But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]

References

• (man or boy; thief): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary