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chick

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chick  (chk)
n.
1.
a. A young chicken.
b. The young of any bird.
2. A child.
3. Slang A girl or young woman.

[Middle English chike, variant of chiken, chicken; see chicken.]

chick [tʃɪk]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the young of a bird, esp of a domestic fowl
2. Slang a girl or young woman, esp an attractive one
3. a young child: used as a term of endearment
[short for chicken]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chickchick - young bird especially of domestic fowl
young bird - a bird that is still young
Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
2.chickchick - informal terms for a (young) woman  
fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
Translations
chick [tʃɪk] N
1. (= baby bird) → pajarito m; (= baby hen) → pollito m, polluelo m
2. (= woman) → chica f, chavala f (Sp)

chick [ˈtʃɪk] n
(= bird) → poussin m
a hen and her chicks → une poule et ses poussins
(= girl) → nana f

chick
n
(of chicken)Küken nt; (= young bird)Junge(s) nt
(inf: = child) → Kleine(s) nt
(inf: = girl) → Mieze f (inf); she’s some chicksie ist nicht ohne (inf)

chick:
chick flick
n (inf)Frauenfilm m, → Schnulze f (inf pej)
chick lit
n (inf)Frauenroman m, → Frauenbuch nt
chickpea
nKichererbse f
chickweed
nSternmiere f

chick [tʃɪk] n (baby bird) → piccolo (di volatile), uccellino; (baby hen) → pulcino (fam) → pollastrella
chick [tʃɪk] n (baby bird) → piccolo (di volatile), uccellino; (baby hen) → pulcino (fam) → pollastrella

chick
n chick [tʃik]
a baby bird One of the chicks fell out of the blackbird's nest. kuiken صوص пиленце ptačí mládě fugleunge das Küken νεοσσός, κοτοπουλάκι linnupoeg جوجۀ پرنده linnunpoika oisillon אֶפרוֹחַ चूजा pile kiscsirke anak burung fuglsungi pulcino; uccellino ひな鳥 새기새 paukščiukas putnēns; cālis anak burung jong vogeltje fugleunge; kylling pisklę filhote pui, puişor птенец vtáča ptiček, piščanček ptić fågelunge, [] kyckling ลูกนก yavru kuş, civciv 小鳥 курча; пташеня چوزہ sự thanh lịch

chick كتكوت kuřátko kylling Küken νεοσσός pollito, polluelo kananpoika poule pilence pulcino ひよこ 병아리 kuikentje fugleunge pisklę pintainho, pintinho цыпленок nykläckt kyckling ลูกไก่ ลูกนก civciv gà con 小鸡


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But in place of the white and the yolk of the egg, a little yellow Chick, fluffy and gay and smiling, escaped from it.
Whether Young Smallweed (metaphorically called Small and eke Chick Weed, as it were jocularly to express a fledgling) was ever a boy is much doubted in Lincoln's Inn.
`I'm getting old, Cornelia,' he said, `and I've no chick or child of my own.
 
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