chick
a young chicken or other bird.
a child.
Slang: Often Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or young woman.
Origin of chick
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Words that may be confused with chick
- chic, chick
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How to use chick in a sentence
While nesting with their chicks, however, these rapid raptors need a little peace and quiet, so the park restricts climbing and other activities near nesting sites for several months beginning each March.
The Ultimate Yosemite National Park Travel Guide | Shawnté Salabert | February 22, 2021 | Outside OnlineOn Sea Lion Island in the Falkland Islands, a Gentoo chick approached me and yanked on a Velcro strap on my coat.
In ‘The Whispering Land,’ a British naturalist collects travel tales — and animals with tails — in Argentina | Andrea Sachs | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostIf one chick moves even a little in one direction, all the chicks in the huddle follow.
Three love stories about birds that will delight your heart | Laura Erickson | November 6, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe Portland Press Herald of Maine previously reported the delivery problems with chicks.
Baby chicks are dying in the mail. One hatchery lost 4,800 in a single shipment | Claire Zillman, reporter | August 21, 2020 | FortuneWe got to a point where it was so much volume that we couldn’t even have the bags available for our chick feed.
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford on Racism in Minneapolis, COVID-19's Impact on Farmers and the Need for Rural Wi-Fi | Eben Shapiro | June 21, 2020 | Time
“chick chick,” the latest tune by C-Pop sensation Wang Rong, is like “Gangnam Style” on MDMA.
The Most WTF Music Video of the Year: Wang Rong’s ‘Chick Chick’ is ‘Gangnam Style’ on MDMA | Marlow Stern | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTErnst responded by accusing Braley of sexism because his ad, which featured a baby bird not making a peep, had a “chick” in it.
The Bruce Braley-Joni Ernst Race Is Iowa’s Ugliest Senate Campaign Ever | Ben Jacobs | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSure, there are a few anti-gay outliers: chick-Fil-A, Hobby Lobby, whatever.
Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning | Jay Michaelson | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith no events prepared, we hit chick-fil-A, working the crowd.
How Thad Cochran Pulled Off a Win Over Chris McDaniel (Simple, Really) | Stuart Stevens | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStudy by the University of Rochester indicates that couples who watch “chick flicks” together are less likely to get divorced.
P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks | P. J. O’Rourke | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had found the lost chick, and clucked low notes of supreme content as he brought him back to the roost.
Besides the groundsel and the chick-weed, he has small pieces of turf for sale, of which larks are very fond.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | VariousA great blob of brown sos spurted on to master's chick, and myandrewed down his shert-collar and virging-white weskit.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace ThackerayIt is clear that every such individual who, like a chick, leaves the shelter of the maternal wings, must be more or less at sea.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanTill you grow tender as a chick,I'm dull as any post; Let us like burs together stick,And warm as any toast.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
British Dictionary definitions for chick
/ (tʃɪk) /
the young of a bird, esp of a domestic fowl
slang a girl or young woman, esp an attractive one
a young child: used as a term of endearment
Origin of chick
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