noun
chick
chihk
noun
1
A young, newly hatched bird, especially a baby chicken.
"The hen led her chicks across the yard."
"A fluffy yellow chick pecked at the seed on the ground."
2
(informal) A young woman.
"He introduced her as 'the chick from accounting.'"
How to Use Chick
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a baby bird, or (informally, and to some ears dated) slang for a young woman.
When to use it
The "woman" sense is casual slang and can sound dated or mildly disrespectful depending on context and tone.
Word Forms
chicked past tense, chicks plural, chicken plural, chicks plural, chicks plural, chicks singular
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Etymology
From Old English ċicen, the same root that gave us "chicken"; the "young woman" sense developed in slang around the mid-1800s.