Definitions for chick
tʃɪkchick

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chick, biddynoun

   young bird especially of domestic fowl

2. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, birdnoun

   informal terms for a (young) woman

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chicknoun

   A young bird.

2. chicknoun

   A young chicken.

3. chicknoun

   A young (especially attractive) woman.

   Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips uE000104368uE001 song "Three Cool Cats" by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

4. chicknoun

   A woman.

   Check that chick out.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chick, Chickenn. s.

   Etymology: cicen , Sax. kiecken, Dut

   1. The young of a bird, particularly of a hen, or small bird.

   All my pretty ones?
   What, all my pretty chickens, and their dam,
   At one fell swoop! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   For when the shell is broke, out comes a chick. Davies.

   While it is a chick, and hath no spurs, nor cannot hurt, nor yet hath seen the like motion, yet he readily practiseth it. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   Ev’n since she was a se’n-night old, they say,
   Was chaste and humble to her dying day;
   Nor chick, nor hen, was known to disobey. John Dryden, Fables.

   Having the notion that one laid the egg out of which the other was hatched, I have a clear idea of the relation of dam and chick. John Locke.

   On rainy days alone I dine,
   Upon a chick and pint of wine:
   On rainy days I dine alone,
   And pick my chicken to the bone. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

   2. A word of tenderness.

   My Ariel, chick,
   This is thy charge. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   3. A term for a young girl.

   Then, Chloe, still go on to prate
   Of thirty-six and thirty-eight;
   Pursue your trade of scandal-picking,
   Your hints, that Stella is no chicken. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chick

   A chick is a young domestic bird, particularly a newly hatched baby chicken. The term is also often used to describe the young of other birds.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chickverb

   to sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate

2. Chicknoun

   a chicken

3. Chicknoun

   a child or young person; -- a term of endearment

4. Etymology: [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chick

   chik, n. the young of fowls, esp. of the hen: a child, as a term of endearment.—ns. Chick′a-bid′dy, Chick′-a-did′dle, terms of endearment addressed to children; Chick′en, the young of birds, esp. of the hen: its flesh: a child: a faint-hearted person; Chick′en-haz′ard, a game at dice (see Hazard); Chick′en-heart, a cowardly person.—adj. Chick′en-heart′ed.—ns. Chick′en-pox, a contagious febrile disease, chiefly of children, and bearing some resemblance to a very mild form of small-pox; Chick′ling, a little chicken; Chick′weed, a species of stitchwort, and one of the most common weeds of gardens and cultivated fields—for making poultices, and for feeding cage-birds, which are very fond of its leaves and seeds.—Mother Carey's chicken, a sailor's name for the Stormy Petrel; No chicken, one no longer young. [A.S. cicen; cf. Dut. kieken, Ger. küchlein.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHICK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chick is ranked #7377 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Chick surname appeared 4,517 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Chick.
   
   84.2% or 3,804 total occurrences were White.
   6.5% or 294 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.3% or 195 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 111 total occurrences were Asian.
   2% or 93 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Chicken
   • Girl
   • Young Bird

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How to pronounce chick?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chick in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chick in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of chick in a Sentence

1. Mayor Stan Hogeland:

   We wanted to present Mike Holmes [the owner of the Gardendale Chick-fil-A] an official award for how great his new landscaping looks here with all the diamonds in front, we just wanted to do that just for Mike.

2. Audrey Pitt:

   It’s a different culture than most places, within Chick-fil-A you have the freedom to be that kind of person.

3. Falon Griffin with daughter Gracelyn:

   Oh my gosh, we just had a baby in Chick-fil-A, i was like,' This really happened. How is this my life right now ?'.

4. Gene Baxter:

   My youngest brother said you should have been here, a girl brought in a Ford pickup. Slickest chick you'd ever seen -- sexy looking, he said.

5. Graham McGrath:

   While the decision may ruffle a few feathers, gender neutrality in humans has only recently become a widespread topic of conversation, however, it is completely natural for penguins to develop genderless identities as they grow into mature adults, what makes us really proud at the aquarium is the success of Sea Life London's Gentoo breeding program and the amazing job of same-sex penguins Rocky and Marama who took the chick under their wing and raised it as their own.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chick
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chick
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chick
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chick
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chick
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=chick