"kid-glove" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: See kid glove. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} kid-glove (not comparable)
  1. Marked by extreme care or sensitivity. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-kid-glove-en-adj-1wOrBP~E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20

Verb

Forms: kid-gloves [present, singular, third-person], kid-gloving [participle, present], kid-gloved [participle, past], kid-gloved [past]
Etymology: See kid glove. Head templates: {{en-verb}} kid-glove (third-person singular simple present kid-gloves, present participle kid-gloving, simple past and past participle kid-gloved)
  1. (transitive) To treat mildly. Tags: transitive Synonyms: wrist-slap
    Sense id: en-kid-glove-en-verb-fUXFQLpN

Inflected forms

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          "text": "kid-glove handling",
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        {
          "ref": "1929 June 24, Charles G. Dawes, quotee, “National Affairs”, in Time, volume 13, number 25, page 11:",
          "text": "“Hell’s bells, no!” said the discreetly indiscreet Ambassador. “I’m a diplomat now. I've got to don kid glove manners.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995 August, Celia Farber, “AIDS: Words from the Front”, in Spin, →ISSN, page 89:",
          "text": "Specifically, Lang and others complain that while the journal has printed many negative articles about HIV skeptics, the orthodoxy has received kid-glove treatment.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Marked by extreme care or sensitivity."
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "kid-glove"
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  "etymology_text": "See kid glove.",
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    },
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      "form": "kid-gloved",
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          "ref": "1943, Hon. Clare E. Hoffman, “Better Late Than Never”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 78th Congress, volume 89, United States Government Printing Office, page A3226:",
          "text": "It is the policy of the politician to avoid trouble, to soft pedal on principle so that votes will not be lost. But, as day follows night, kid-gloving criminals leads to anarchy.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, Scribner, →ISBN, page 491:",
          "text": "‘They're all pro-German. We should shoot the leaders, pack the rest off to France. In my opinion, there is too much kid-gloving in this country.’",
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        "(transitive) To treat mildly."
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          "text": "Specifically, Lang and others complain that while the journal has printed many negative articles about HIV skeptics, the orthodoxy has received kid-glove treatment.",
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          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, Scribner, →ISBN, page 491:",
          "text": "‘They're all pro-German. We should shoot the leaders, pack the rest off to France. In my opinion, there is too much kid-gloving in this country.’",
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      "glosses": [
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    {
      "word": "wrist-slap"
    }
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}

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