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

/ 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

      safari kit

      battle kit

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

kit

²

/ kɪt /

noun

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

kit

³

/ kɪt /

noun

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

KIT

⁴

abbreviation for

1. keep in touch

kit

⁵

/ kɪt /

noun

1. a plaited flax basket

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

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

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

Seeing the mother and her kits on film is encouraging, but it will be a long journey to usher more animals back to the park.

From Popular-Science

These kits include items like yoga mats and lip glosses that are tied to the event in order to make for a more immersive experience, but also to get attendees more engaged with the sponsoring brands.

From Digiday

The pair say they now ship about 200 orders a month of cookies, baking kits, and other goods nationwide.

From Digiday

To decide what goes in a spaceship first aid kit, researchers use NASA’s Integrated Medical Model, which forecasts which health problems the astronauts on a particular mission are most likely to have.

From Science News

Not just Blue Apron with its meal kits, but online grocery-delivery firms too.

From Freakonomics

This at-home blood test kit gives a full reading of antioxidant, fatty acid, or vitamin panels.

From The Daily Beast

In most cases, no wants to talk about sexual assault, the rape-kit backlog, or the plight of victims and their families.

From The Daily Beast

As the Hooters press kit shows, an appreciation for breasts does not automatically translate to an appreciation of women.

From The Daily Beast

Natasha Alexenko is both a victim of rape and of a rape kit backlog.

From The Daily Beast

Beyond a few large computer screens, chairs, a first aid kit, and a stack of water bottles is a small, metal holding cell.

From The Daily Beast

As a matter of fact, much as I should like them, all these things mean so many pounds extra kit.

From Project Gutenberg

Afterwards I hurried to my billet and hastily packed up all my kit, and marched the regiment down to the trenches.

From Project Gutenberg

But, as squire of dames, Kit was too much occupied to give further heed to business in the sala.

From Project Gutenberg

He found her with bright eyes and a faint flush in her cheeks over the letter Kit was writing to the south.

From Project Gutenberg

But before Kit could answer Ramon Rotil stood in the door, and his eyes went to the papers on the table.

From Project Gutenberg

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