chick
/t͡ʃɪk/
chick noun: a young bird.
Noun (1)
chick (plural chicks or (obsolete) chicken)
- A young bird.
- Near-synonyms: nestling, fledgling
- Published in the Communications Earth & Environment journal, scientists conclude that due to sea ice loss last year, it is highly probable that no chicks had survived from four of the five known emperor penguin colonies in the central and eastern Bellingshausen Sea in Antarctica.2023 August 24, Pádraig Hoare, “90% of emperor penguin colonies doomed to extinction by century's end”, in Irish Examiner
- A young chicken.
- Neither chick nor child was left living the length of the seacoast.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41
- An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.
- This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun.
- They're going to have a chick weekend. No guys allowed.
- A friendly fighter aircraft.
- 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.2004, Joe Welzen, The Gutsy Stomach Walker, page 50
- A young child.
Verb
chick (third-person singular simple present chicks, present participle chicking, simple past and past participle chicked)
- To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
- plowing in his oats with a very feet furrow; and, after they have “chicked” but before they appear aboveground1795, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Norfolk
- 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 alley1844, James Ballantine, The Miller of Deanhaugh
Noun (2)
chick (plural chicks)
- A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.
- Then, through a cautiously lifted chick, the old scene stands revealed […]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...
- It is not uncommon at meal-time to see the table servants chasing the sparrows about the room, endeavouring to drive them out while some one holds up the "chick" or bamboo net which covers the doorway.1905, A. C. Newcombe, chapter VII, in Village, Town, and Jungle Life in India, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 106
- Synonyms:
- chick-blind
Noun (3)
chick (plural chicks)
- A chickeen, or zecchino.
- Whenever master spends a chick I keep back two rupees, sir!1863, H. Broughton, The Dawk Bungalow, page 9
- "Can't do much harm by losing twenty chicks," observed the colonel, in Anglo-Indian argot, as the lot was knocked down to him; "and after all, there is a good deal of uncertainty about steeplechasing."1876, George Tomkyns Chesney, The Dilemma, volume 1, page 132
Proper noun capitalized: Chick
Chick
- A surname.
chick meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
chick in Hindi
- young chicken
- चूज़ा cūzā
chick in Tamil
- young bird
- குஞ்சு kuñcu
- young chicken
- கோழிக்குஞ்சு kōḻikkuñcu
chick in Marathi
- चिक
chick in Urdu
- chick
- چق ciq, چلون cilvan
- chick, screen
- چلمن cilman
More languagesFewer languages
- chick in Bengali
- কুক্কুট, কুক্কুটশাবক
- chick in Telugu
- కోడి పిల్ల kōḍi pilla
- chick in Punjabi
- ਚੂਚੀ
- chick in Gujarati
- ચિક
- chick in Odia
- ଚିକ, ଚିକ୍
- chick in Nepali
- चिक, चिकी
- chick in Tagalog
- sisiw
- chick in Arabic
- فَرْخ farḵ, رَأْل raʔl, صُوص ṣūṣ, فَرُّوج farrūj
- chick in Malay
- anak burung, anak ayam
- chick in Indonesian
- anak ayam
- chick in Persian
- جوجه juje
- chick in Myanmar
- ကြက်ကလေး krakka.le:, မြာ mra
Examples of chick in a sentence
- He'll fall for any chick with a nice smile.
- Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips1958, Jerry Leiber; Mike Stoller, “Three Cool Cats”:
- That ain't workin', that's the way you do it / Money for nothin', and chicks for free1985, Sting, Mark Knopfler, “Money for Nothing”, in Brothers in Arms, performed by Dire Straits:
- I can't believe you've got a hot chick in that ratty apartment with you.2004, Tess Pendergrass, Bad moon rising:
- […] at this time of day all the verandas were curtained with green bamboo chicks.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 2”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers...
Synonyms of chick
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Forms of chick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chicks |
| alternative form | check |
| alternative form | chik |
| plural (obsolete) | chicken |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chicks |
| present participle | chicking |
| past participle | chicked |
| past | chicked |
Origin of chick
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.
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi चिक़ (ciq) / Urdu چق (ciq)), ultimately from Classical Persian چق (čiq).
Words formed from chick
- chicked
- AFChick
- biker chick
- checkout chick
- chickatrice
- chickboy
- chick boy
- chick bronchitis
- chick car
- chickdom
- chick flick
- chickfriend
- chickhood
- chickie
- chickification
- chickless
- chicklet
- chicklike
- chickling
- chick lit
- chick magnet
- chicksploitation
- chickweed
- chick with a dick
- chicky
- chix0r
- dabchick
- lunachick
- peachick
- side chick
- squab chick
- turkey-chick
Phrases with chick
Words that rhyme with chick
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- snick
- squick
- stich
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- hick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- spic
- thicc
- tic
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hic
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about chick
- What does chick mean?
- Chick means a young bird.
- What is chick in Hindi?
- Chick in Hindi is चूज़ा (cūzā). See Chick meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use chick in a sentence?
- He'll fall for any chick with a nice smile.
- What part of speech is chick?
- Chick can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce chick?
- Chick is pronounced /t͡ʃɪk/.
- What is the plural of chick?
- The plural of chick is chicks.
Words near chick in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chick (page history and authors); Chick (page history and authors); chick (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); چق (Urdu) (page history and authors); chick (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chick (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chick (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chick (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chick (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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