| kick up one's heels |
to have a merry time, as in celebration. |
| kid1 |
(informal) a child or young person. [3 definitions] |
| kid2 |
(informal) to tease or joke. [3 definitions] |
| kidnap |
to capture and hold (someone) hostage until specified demands, as for money, are met. |
| kidney |
either of a pair of organs located high in the abdominal cavity near the spine which extract waste products from the blood and excrete them in urine. [2 definitions] |
| Kiev |
former English spelling of the capital of Ukraine, now Kyiv. |
| kill1 |
to cause to die. [10 definitions] |
| killdeer |
a plover native to North American inland waters and fields, having two black bands on a white breast. |
| killer whale |
a very large predatory dolphin, usu. black and white, that feeds on seals and large fish. |
| killing |
the act of putting to death. [5 definitions] |
| kill two birds with one stone |
to achieve two aims with one action. |
| kiln |
a furnace or oven for burning lime, hardening pottery or brick, drying lumber, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| kilo |
see "kilogram." |
| kilo- |
one thousand. |
| kilobyte |
a unit of electronic storage capacity equal to 1,024 bytes, or approximately one thousand bytes. (abbr.: k) |
| kilogram |
a unit of weight equal to one thousand grams or 2.205 pounds. (abbr.: kg) |
| kilohertz |
a unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second or one thousand hertz; kilocycle. (abbr.: kHz) |
| kilometer |
a unit of length equal to one thousand meters or 0.621 mile. (abbr.: km) |
| kilometre |
a spelling of "kilometer" used in Canada and Britain. See "kilometer." |
| kilowatt |
a unit of electrical power equal to one thousand watts. (abbr.: kw, kW) |
| kilt |
a knee-length, pleated, plaid wool skirt traditionally worn by Scottish men. |