girl

Plural: girls

Noun

• A female child or young woman.
• a young woman
• a youthful female person
  • "the baby was a girl"
  • "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"
• a female human offspring
• a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
  • "his girlfriend kicked him out"
• a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
  • "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"
• A female child.
• A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
• A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
• One's girlfriend.
• One's daughter.
• A female friend.
• A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
• (as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).
• A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
• A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
• Cocaine, especially in powder form.
• A queen (the playing card).
• A roebuck two years old.
• A child of any gender.

Verb

• To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
• To staff with or as a girl or girls.

Examples

• Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
• Are your sure you want to discard that old girl?
• He assumed that the girls should clean up his giant mess. We straightened out his misconception.
• He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.
• He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
• He's the sort of lowlife who snorts coke and refers to it as his girl.
• Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?
• Hey, Tricksy, come here, girl! Do you want a treat? Yes, you love those biscuits, don't you! What a good girl! Here's another!
• I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer. Both girls were adorable!
• Playing GIRL on the bonus square was a simple yet effective move.
• The old girl ain't as pretty as she once was, but she still purrs like a kitten and still gets out of her own way!
• Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.

Synonyms

daughter, female child, fille, girlfriend, lady friend, little girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, Bolivian marching powder, California corn flakes, babe, benzoylmethylecgonine, bint, bird, blow, booger sugar, boots, cake, char, charlady, charlie, charwoman, chick, ching, coke, colleen, corinne, crystals, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, elrig, flake, frail, gal, gel, girl, girlie, girly, grill, hard white, hottie, lass, lassie, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, maidservant, marching powder, minoress, moggy, nose candy, nose powder, party powder, poppet, powder, pucelle, puss, quean, rock, rocks, slim, sniff, snow, snuff, tart, toot, wan, wash, wench, white, white girl, white lady, woman child, womanservant, yay, yayo, yola

Antonyms

boy, male child, son, woman

Related Words

miss