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chick
[chik] 
–noun
| 1. | a young chicken or other bird. |
| 2. | a child. |
| 3. | Slang: Often Offensive. a girl or young woman. |
Co⋅re⋅a
[kuh-ree-uh] –noun
Ar⋅man⋅do Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] , (“Chick” ), born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer. |
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| chick (chĭk) n.
[Middle English chike, variant of chiken, chicken; see chicken.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Chick
Chick\ (ch[i^]k), v. i. [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.] To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. --Chalmers.Chick
Chick\, n. 1. A chicken. 2. A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : chick
Italian:
pulcino; uccellino,
German:
das Küken,
Japanese:
ひな鳥
chick
c.1320, abbreviation of chicken (q.v.), extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child) and used as a term of endearment. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 (in "Elmer Gantry"), supposedly from U.S. black slang, in British use by c.1940, popularized by Beatniks late 1950s. Chicken in this sense is from 1711. Sometimes c.1600-1900 chicken was taken as a plural, chick as a singular (cf. child/children) for the domestic fowl.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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