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- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
- 2 A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related female given names.
- 3 A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Кіт (Kit).
- 4 A male given name from Cantonese 傑 /杰 (git⁶). Hong-Kong
- 1 A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves. countable, uncountable
- 2 A kitten (young cat).
- 3 Synonym of kit violin.
"A dancing master's kit."
- 4 A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
- 5 young of any of various fur-bearing animals wordnet
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- 6 A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight. countable, uncountable
"He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish."
- 7 A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).
- 8 gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose wordnet
- 9 A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack. countable, uncountable
"Dudes! You simply have too much stuff in your kit! But don't sweat it, I can buy some stuff you don't need."
- 10 A young fox.
- 11 a case for containing a set of articles wordnet
- 12 Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling. countable, uncountable
"Always carry a good first-aid kit."
- 13 A young beaver.
- 14 A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble. countable, uncountable
"I built the entire car from a kit."
- 15 A young ferret.
- 16 The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players. UK, countable, uncountable
"A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward."
- 17 A young skunk.
- 18 Clothing. UK, countable, informal, uncountable
"Get your kit off and come to bed."
- 19 A young rabbit.
- 20 A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. countable, informal, uncountable
- 21 A young weasel.
- 22 The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character. countable, uncountable
- 23 A drum kit. countable, uncountable
- 24 The whole set; kit and caboodle. countable, dated, uncountable
"Do you know the proportion between ten and twelve or thirteen? — No; I should suppose you may take the whole kit of them as thirty; and the rest are people at from twenty to forty years of age."
- 1 Initialism of keep in touch. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 To assemble or collect something into kits. transitive
"We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool."
- 2 supply with a set of articles or tools wordnet
- 3 To equip (somebody) with something. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.
From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.
[Alt: A young red fox emerging from a burrow, looking at the camera] A short form of kitten or kitling. From the 16th century, spelled kytte, kitt. From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (beaver, fox, mink, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox (kit fox). Later usage (for other animals) perhaps influenced by chit.
16th century, perhaps from cithara.
Borrowed from German kitte, Kütte (“flock of doves”) (circa 1880).
From Ukrainian кіт (kit, “tomcat”).
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