chick
Noun
- A young bird, especially a domestic fowl.
- young bird especially of domestic fowl
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- A young bird.
- A young chicken.
- A young child.
- A young, typically attractive, woman or teenage girl. Can be considered crass or disparaging in certain contexts.
- A friendly fighter aircraft.
- A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.
Verb
- To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
- To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.
Examples
- He'll fall for any chick with a nice smile.
- The CHICK tile was small but mighty, helping him connect to a triple letter score.
- They're going to have a chick weekend. No guys allowed.
- This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.
Synonyms
biddy, bird, dame, doll, skirt, wench, babe, baggage, bim, bint, bitch, blone, broad, cake, chick, chick-blind, colleen, covess, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, donna, elrig, feme, femme, femoid, fledgling, frail, frau, frow, gal, gel, gentlelady, ginch, girl, girlie, girly, grill, hen, ho, hottie, huwoman, lady, lass, lassie, little girl, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, maness, minoress, miss, missy, moggy, mort, mulier, placket, poppet, pucelle, puss, pussy, quean, queen, she, sheila, squaw, tart, thot, twist, tía, vaginoid, wan, wife, wimmin, woman, woman child, wommon, womon, womxn, womyn
Scrabble Score: 16
chick: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordchick: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chick: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary