kid on

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English

Verb

kid on (third-person singular simple present kids on, present participle kidding on, simple past and past participle kidded on)

  1. (UK, colloquial, transitive) To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.
    Are you kidding me on?
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) To entice or incite.
    • 1883, Judy, volumes 32-33, page 59:
      Boatman says she kidded him on to try a nice big cigar.

References

  • (entice or incite): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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