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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Child \Child\ (ch[imac]ld), n.; pl. Children
     (ch[i^]l"dr[e^]n). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth.
     kil[thorn]ei womb, in-kil[thorn][=o] with child.]
     1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the
        first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; --
        in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and
        plants.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural;
        as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of
        relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one
        closely connected with a place, occupation, character,
        etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of
        disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A noble youth. See Childe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and
        youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a
        very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness,
        limited understanding, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood
              as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became
              a man, I put away childish things.    --1. Cor. xii.
                                                    11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A female infant. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A boy or a child, I wonder?           --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To be with child, to be pregnant.
  
     Child's play, light work; a trifling contest.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Child \Child\ (ch[imac]ld), n.; pl. Children
     (ch[i^]l"dr[e^]n). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth.
     kil[thorn]ei womb, in-kil[thorn][=o] with child.]
     1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the
        first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; --
        in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and
        plants.
  
     2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural;
        as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
  
     3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of
        relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one
        closely connected with a place, occupation, character,
        etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of
        disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
  
     4. A noble youth. See Childe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and
        youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a
        very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness,
        limited understanding, etc.
  
              When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood
              as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became
              a man, I put away childish things.    --1. Cor. xii.
                                                    11.
  
     6. A female infant. [Obs.]
  
              A boy or a child, I wonder?           --Shak.
  
     To be with child, to be pregnant.
  
     Child's play, light work; a trifling contest.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  child's play
       n 1: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product
            will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap,
             duck soup, pushover, walkover, piece of cake]
       2: play by children that is guided more by imagination than by
          fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a
          small child" [syn: play]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  child's play
     n.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Something particularly simple or easy.
     2 (&lit en the '''play''' of a '''child''')

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  child's play
     n.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Something particularly simple or easy.
     2 (&lit en the '''play''' of a '''child''')

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  child's play
     n.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Something particularly simple or easy.
     2 (&lit en the '''play''' of a '''child''')

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  child's play
     n.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) Something particularly simple or easy.
     2 (&lit en the '''play''' of a '''child''')

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  child's play /tʃˈaɪldz plˈeɪ/ 
  hračka

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  child's play /tʃˈaɪld ˈɛs plˈeɪ/
  Kinderspiel , ein Leichtes  [übtr.]
        "That's mere child's play."  - Das ist ja ein Kinderspiel., Das ist ja das reinste Kinderspiel.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  child's play /tʃˈaɪld ˈɛs plˈeɪ/ 
  lastenleikki
  something particularly simple or easy

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  child`s play /tʃˈaɪld ˈɛs plˈeɪ/
  gyerekjáték

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  child's play /tʃˈaɪld ˈɛs plˈeɪ/ 
  お茶の子, 児戯, 朝飯前
  something particularly simple or easy

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  child's play /tʃˈaɪld ˈɛs plˈeɪ/ 
  barnlek
  something particularly simple or easy

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  child's play
     n. 容易干的事

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