(originally US, informal) Synonym of boomerang kid (“a young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence”)

(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.

A child who is raised without human contact as a result of being abandoned, allegedly often raised by wild animals.

Alternative spelling of godchild

(psychology) The childlike aspect of a person's psyche — typically, the personality and the memories of one's childhood — especially in context of coexisting with, and being suppressed by, an adultlike aspect of the person.

(idiomatic) Something particularly simple or easy. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: the play of a child.

(transitive) To impregnate.

(with "years" or "age") Pertaining to the time between puberty and menopause when a woman is able to bear children.

(Christianity) the child Jesus

The use of a child by others for sexual activities in return for remuneration or any other form of consideration.