释义 |
Definition of kidology in English: kidologynoun kɪˈdɒlədʒi mass nounBritish informal The art or practice of deliberately deceiving or teasing people. Example sentencesExamples - Maybe it's kidology, but he reckons the chance of surviving this season is only 10%.
- But that was just another bit of O'Leary kidology.
- I doubt very much that O'Connor would be fooled by this sort of juvenile kidology.
- And he was presumably using kidology when he said: ‘on current form and league positions we don't have a chance, but we'll give it a good go.’
- And he is having none of what he sees as kidology from the other side, downplaying their chances.
Synonyms deceit, deception, duplicity, lying, falseness, falsity, falsehood, untruthfulness
Origin 1960s: formed irregularly from the verb kid2 + -logy. |