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bad girl

bad girl noun: a female criminal.

Noun

bad girl (plural bad girls)

  1. (slang) A female criminal.
  2. A woman whose rebellious nature makes her attractive.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, girl.
    • Dearest Mother: I have been a bad girl not to write you, or send you any money, or send the book to Aunt Susie, or anything.1923 May 30, Edna St. Vincent Millay, “To Mrs. Cora B[uzelle] Millay”, in Allan Ross Macdougall, editor, Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, published 1952, →LCCN...

Forms of bad girl

pluralbad girls

Questions about bad girl

What does bad girl mean?
Bad girl means a female criminal.
What part of speech is bad girl?
Bad girl is a noun.
What is the plural of bad girl?
The plural of bad girl is bad girls.

Words near bad girl in the dictionary

  1. bad feeling
  2. bad feelings
  3. bad for the coo
  4. bad form
  5. Bad Gastein
  6. bad girl
  7. bad girls
  8. Bad Godesberg
  9. bad guy
  10. bad guys
  11. bad hair day

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