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Definition kit
Etymology 1
English from the 14th century, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown.
The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.
Noun
kit (plural kits)
- A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
- 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.
- A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
- Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
- A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
- (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
- (Britain, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
- (Britain, informal) Clothing.
- (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
- (music) A drum kit.
Verb
kit (third-person singular simple present kits, present participle kitting, simple past and past participle kitted)
- (transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
Etymology 2
A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte, kitt). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").
Noun
kit (plural kits)
Etymology 3
16th century, perhaps from cithara.
Noun
kit (plural kits)
- Synonym of kit violin
Etymology 4
Borrowed from German kitte, kütte (circa 1880).
Noun
kit (plural kits)
- A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
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