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

On occasion, medical outreach teams hand out glass pipes and test kits that can detect fentanyl or veterinary tranquilizers in drugs before they’re consumed in an effort they say to saves lives.

From Los Angeles Times

The BBC has also spoken to a number of businesses from south Wales who said they paid hundreds in sponsorship, in return for their company name on the front of shirts, on banners and kit.

From BBC

Staff at Network Rail will also be equipped with specialist kits to defrost frozen points and signals to keep the railway running safely.

From BBC

Ben Novak, one of the scientists behind the project, says the kits are “adorable” but “wild and quite fierce”.

From NewsForKids.net

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

Related Words

• apparatus
• bag
• container
• gear
• material