kit

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kit1

▶noun

• 1 a set of articles or equipment for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit.

  ■ Brit. the clothing and other items needed for an activity: boys in football kit.

• 2 a set of all the parts needed to assemble something.

• 3 Brit. a large basket or box, especially for fish.

▶verb (kit someone/thing out/up) chiefly Brit. provide someone or something with appropriate clothing or equipment.

– phrases
get one's kit off Brit. informal take off one's clothes.

– origin ME: from MDu. kitte ‘wooden vessel’, of unknown origin.

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kit2

▶noun the young of certain animals, e.g. the beaver, ferret, and mink.

■ informal a kitten.

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kit3

▶noun historical a small violin, especially one used by a dancing master.

– origin C16: perh. from L. cithara (see cittern).