kit
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[ 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
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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
British Dictionary definitions for kit out (1 of 6)
kit out
kit up
verb kits, kitting or kitted
(tr, adverb) mainly British
to provide with (a kit of personal effects and necessities)
to provide with (an outfit of clothes)
British Dictionary definitions for kit out (2 of 6)
kit
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/ (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 out (3 of 6)
kit
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/ (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 out (4 of 6)
kit
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/ (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 out (5 of 6)
kit
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/ (kɪt) /
noun
NZ
a plaited flax basket
Word Origin for kit
from Māori
kete
British Dictionary definitions for kit out (6 of 6)
KIT
/ text messaging /
abbreviation for
keep in touch