kit

¹

[ 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)

, kit·ted, kit·ting.

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 or up ).

kit

²

[ 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

¹

abbreviation for

1. keep in touch

kit

²

/ kɪt /

noun

1. a plaited flax basket

kit

³

/ kɪt /

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
3. 1. a set of pieces of equipment ready to be assembled
   2. ( as modifier )

      kit furniture

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

      battle kit

      safari kit

   2. clothing in general (esp in the phrase get one's kit off )
5. a flax basket
6. the whole kit or the whole kit and caboodle informal.
   everything or everybody

kit

⁴

/ kɪt /

noun

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

kit

⁵

/ kɪt /

noun

1. an informal or diminutive name for kitten
2. a cub of various small mammals, such as the ferret or fox

Word 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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of kit¹

from Māori kete

Origin of kit²

C14: from Middle Dutch kitte tankard

Origin of kit³

C16: of unknown origin

Origin of kit⁴

C16: by shortening

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Second thought: Make sure Kit, beloved grandmother to my children and matriarch of my wife’s family, had fled.

From Los Angeles Times

In addition, they were asked to incorporate a short 10-15-minute activity designed to promote mental health, with examples drawn from a teachers' kit designed by the research team.

From Science Daily

Objects that go outside, like a suit or scientific kit, are affected by the strong radiation of space.

From BBC

But on 31 October, RZSS, which runs Edinburgh Zoo, announced the death of nine-year-old Ginger, and her kit Roxie died five days later.

From BBC

E-cigarettes, meanwhile, will "sometimes" be offered, often as a starter kit of about two weeks' worth of vapes by local NHS stop smoking services, officials said.

From BBC

Related Words

• apparatus
• bag
• container
• gear
• material