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cover girl

cover girl noun: an attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.

Noun

cover girl (plural cover girls)

  1. (informal) An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.
    • Whether it's in next-to-nothing swimsuits in Sports Illustrated or starring in ex-husband Billy Joel's rock videos or in countless boldface tabloid mentions, the quintessential California blond cover girl has become a fixture on the cultural landscape.2008 July 2, Frank Eltman, “Christie Brinkley divorce trial set to begin”, in Associated Press, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2008
    • She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection and when I joke about this she roars with laughter.2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this...' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January...

Forms of cover girl

pluralcover girls
alternative formcover-girl

Questions about cover girl

What does cover girl mean?
Cover girl means an attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.
What part of speech is cover girl?
Cover girl is a noun.
What is the plural of cover girl?
The plural of cover girl is cover girls.

Words near cover girl in the dictionary

  1. cover charges
  2. cover crop
  3. cover crops
  4. cover drive
  5. cover drives
  6. cover girl
  7. cover girls
  8. cover ground
  9. cover letter
  10. cover letters
  11. cover meter

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