Word.ws English Dictionary

girls

UK/ɡɜːlz//ɡɝlz/

girls is the plural of girl.

girls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of girl.

Meaning of girl

Noun

girl (countable and uncountable, plural girls)

  1. A female child.
    • I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.
  2. (offensive, sometimes, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
    • He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.
  3. (colloquial) A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
    • Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?
    Synonyms:
    girlie, lass, lassie
  4. (colloquial) One's girlfriend.
    • He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
  5. (colloquial) One's daughter.
    • Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.
  6. (especially) A female friend.

See all 17 meanings of girl

Noun

girls pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) A woman's breasts.
    • Talk about lucky stripes: This push-up top features pads to provide oomph and make sure the girls stay sunny-side up.2008, Women's Health, page 141

Phrases with girls

156 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with girls

Questions about girls

What does girls mean?
Girls means a woman's breasts.
What is girls the plural of?
Girls is the plural of girl.
What part of speech is girls?
Girls is a noun.
How do you pronounce girls?
Girls is pronounced /ɡɝlz/ (US).

Words near girls in the dictionary

  1. girlonds
  2. girlpop
  3. girlproof
  4. girlpussies
  5. girlpussy
  6. girls
  7. girls and boys
  8. girls Friday
  9. girls next door
  10. girls rented overnight
  11. girls with guns

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: girls (page history and authors); girl (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-girls.ogg.

Cite this entry: “girls.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/girls. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.