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kit

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[kit]

noun

  1. a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose.

    a first-aid kit; a sales kit.

  2. the case for containing these.

  3. such a case and its contents.

  4. a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled.

    a model car made from a kit.

  5. Informal.a set, lot, or collection of things or persons.

  6. a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular.

  7. Chiefly British.a costume or outfit of clothing, especially for a specific purpose.

    ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit.



verb (used with object)

kitted, kitting 
  1. to package or make available in a kit.

    a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.

  2. Chiefly British.to outfit or equip (often followed by out orup ).

kit

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[kit]

noun

  1. a violin or rebec small enough to be carried in the pocket, used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries.

kit

3

[kit]

noun

  1. kitten.

  2. a young fox, beaver, or other small furbearing animal.

Kit

4

[kit]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Christopher.

  2. a female given name, form of Catherine or Katherine.

kit

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a set of tools, supplies, construction materials, etc, for use together or for a purpose

    a first-aid kit

    a model aircraft kit

  2. the case or container for such a set

    1. a set of pieces of equipment ready to be assembled

    2. ( as modifier )

      kit furniture

    1. clothing and other personal effects, esp those of a traveller or soldier

      safari kit

      battle kit

    2. informalclothing in general (esp in the phrase get one's kit off )

  3. a flax basket

  4. informaleverything or everybody

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kit

2

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. an informal or diminutive name for kitten

  2. a cub of various small mammals, such as the ferret or fox

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KIT

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abbreviation

  1. keep in touch

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kit

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a kind of small violin, now obsolete, used esp by dancing masters in the 17th–18th centuries

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kit

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a plaited flax basket

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of kit1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English kit(te), kyt(t) “wooden bucket or tub,” from Middle Dutch kitte “jug, tankard”

Origin of kit2

First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain

Origin of kit3

First recorded in 1555–65; shortening of kitten ( def. )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of kit1

C14: from Middle Dutch kitte tankard

Origin of kit2

C16: by shortening

Origin of kit3

C16: of unknown origin

Origin of kit4

from Māori kete
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. kit and caboodle / boodle, the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often preceded bywhole ).

    We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.

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"But the Roses were so down to earth, a great friendly band to work with that allowed my band to use their kit when they weren't using it. It was incredible."

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"For them we give a full kit," she said.

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She added that her daughter Freya, who is a goalkeeper for her local team, was also unable to buy a goalie kit for either the men's or women's team, which she felt was "unfair".

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On immigration, there is more money for the Border Security Command, rising to £280m extra a year, with promises of new kit including an army of drones to improve surveillance.

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The kit, including part of a mixing desk and two Revox tape machines, will go on show to coincide with the band's sold-out final show at Birmingham's Villa Park in July.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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