kit
1
[ kit ]
/ kɪt /
noun
verb (used with object), kit·ted, kit·ting.
to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.
Chiefly British.
to outfit or equip (often followed by out or up).
Idioms for kit
kit and caboodle/boodle, Informal.
the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often preceded by whole): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.
Origin of kit
1
1325–75; Middle English
kyt, kitt < Middle Dutch
kitte jug, tankard
Words nearby kit
kistna,
kistvaen,
kisumu,
kiswah,
kiswahili,
kit,
kit and caboodle,
kit bag,
kit carson mountain,
kit fox,
kit out
Definition for kit (2 of 5)
kit
2
[ kit ]
/ kɪt /
noun
a violin or rebec small enough to be carried in the pocket, used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Origin of kit
2
First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain
Definition for kit (3 of 5)
Origin of kit
3
First recorded in 1555–65; shortened form
Definition for kit (4 of 5)
Definition for kit (5 of 5)
Carson
[ kahr-suh n ]
/ ˈkɑr sən /
noun
Example sentences from the Web for kit
British Dictionary definitions for kit (1 of 6)
kit
1
/ (kɪt) /
noun
a set of tools, supplies, construction materials, etc, for use together or for a purpose
a first-aid kit; a model aircraft kit
the case or container for such a set
- a set of pieces of equipment ready to be assembled
- (as modifier)kit furniture
- clothing and other personal effects, esp those of a traveller or soldiersafari kit; battle kit
- informal clothing in general (esp in the phrase get one's kit off)
NZ
a flax basket
the whole kit or the whole kit and caboodle informal
everything or everybody
See also
kit out
Word Origin for kit
C14: from Middle Dutch
kitte tankard
British Dictionary definitions for kit (2 of 6)
kit
2
/ (kɪt) /
noun
a kind of small violin, now obsolete, used esp by dancing masters in the 17th–18th centuries
Word Origin for kit
C16: of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for kit (3 of 6)
kit
3
/ (kɪt) /
noun
an informal or diminutive name for kitten
a cub of various small mammals, such as the ferret or fox
Word Origin for kit
C16: by shortening
British Dictionary definitions for kit (4 of 6)
kit
4
/ (kɪt) /
noun
NZ
a plaited flax basket
Word Origin for kit
from Māori
kete
British Dictionary definitions for kit (5 of 6)
KIT
/ text messaging /
abbreviation for
keep in touch
British Dictionary definitions for kit (6 of 6)
Carson
/ (ˈkɑːsən) /
noun
Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent
Edward Henry, Baron. 1854–1935, Anglo-Irish politician and lawyer; led northern Irish resistance to the British government's plan for home rule for Ireland
Rachel (Louise). 1907–64, US marine biologist and science writer; author of Silent Spring (1962)
Willie, full name William Hunter Fisher Carson. born 1942, Scottish jockey: rode four winners in the Derby (1979, 1980, 1989, 1994)
Scientific definitions for kit
Carson
[ kär′sən ]
American marine biologist and writer whose best-known book, Silent Spring (1962), was an influential study of the dangerous effects of synthetic pesticides on food chains. Public reaction to the book resulted in stricter controls on pesticide use and shaped the ideas of the modern environmental movement.