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Chick

//t͡ʃɪk// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A young bird.

    "Near-synonyms: nestling, fledgling"

  2. 2
    A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows. India, Pakistan

    "1890, Rudyard Kipling, Letter to William Canton, 5 April, 1890, in Sandra Kemp and Lisa Lewis (eds.) Writings on writing by Rudyard Kipling, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 34, https://books.google.ca/books?id=-AQStA5QMjwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Then, through a cautiously lifted chick, the old scene stands revealed […]"

  3. 3
    young bird especially of domestic fowl wordnet
  4. 4
    A young bird.; A young chicken. especially

    "Neither chick nor child was left living the length of the seacoast."

  5. 5
    informal terms for a (young) woman wordnet
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  1. 6
    An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman. colloquial

    "This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun."

  2. 7
    A friendly fighter aircraft. slang

    "The Aldis lamp flashes at the underside of each aircraft. It shows that the gear is down. Diegal is relaxing. This is such low responsibility, easy night duty. All the “chicks” (fighter aircraft) are home to roost except one."

  3. 8
    A young child. dated, endearing
Verb
  1. 1
    To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate. obsolete

    "plowing in his oats with a very feet furrow; and, after they have “chicked” but before they appear aboveground"

  2. 2
    To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

    "He chicked his lips; he cracked his whip; he winked with a knowing leer; he ran down the alley and up the stair, then down the stair and up the alley"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hindustani چق (ciq) / चिक (cik), ultimately from Persian چق.

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