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chick-flick

chick-flick is the alternative form of chick flick.

Meaning of chick flick

Noun

chick flick (plural chick flicks)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, informal) A film, typically about romance, which is generally more popular with women than men.
    • She went with a couple friends to see a chick flick about some girl dating an astronaut.
    Synonyms:
    chick film
  2. (dated, slang) A sexually exploitative or pornographic film depicting women, intended for straight men.
    • Films like Russ Meyers’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’ (1970) and ‘Twilight People’ (1972) […] Corman’s ‘Black Mama, White Mama’ (1972), another chick-flick set in a slammer in the Philippines.1988, The Bergen County Record
  3. (derogatory, slang) Any film depicting young women or teenage girls as the main characters.

Forms of chick-flick

pluralchick-flicks

Questions about chick-flick

What is chick-flick the alternative form of?
Chick-flick is the alternative form of chick flick.

Words near chick-flick in the dictionary

  1. chick'n
  2. chick'ns
  3. chick*n
  4. chick-blind
  5. chick-blinds
  6. chick-flick
  7. chick-flickish
  8. chick-flicks
  9. chick-friend
  10. chick-friends
  11. chick-lit

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