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countable and uncountable, plural kits
A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves. examples
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. quotations examples
He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED)
A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack. quotations examples
Dudes! You simply have too much stuff in your kit! But don't sweat it, I can buy some stuff you don't need.
1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling. examples
A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble. examples
(UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players. quotations examples
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.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph
(UK, informal) Clothing. quotations examples
The Argentina fan who risked jail by getting her kit off at the World Cup final has broken her silence by posting more topless videos.
2022 December 20, “Topless Argie fan breaks silence with more nude vids as she dodges Qatar's wrath”, in The US Sun
(computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. examples
(video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character. examples
(music) A drum kit. examples
(dated) The whole set; kit and caboodle. quotations examples
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.
1818, Reports, volume 92, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 82
third-person singular simple present kits, present participle kitting, simple past and past participle kitted
(transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits. examples
(transitive) To equip (somebody) with something. examples
plural kits
A kitten (young cat). examples
A kit fox. examples
A young beaver. examples
A young skunk. examples
A young ferret. examples
A young rabbit. examples
A young weasel examples
Synonym of kit violin quotations examples
A dancing master's kit.
1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853
A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons. examples