Synonyms for chick
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : chik |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪk |
Définition of chick
Origin :- mid-14c., shortening of chicken (n.), extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child) and thence 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 in this sense 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.
- noun girl
- This is all of the egg which thus far represents the chick itself.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- As yet, we have seen no arrangement for furnishing air to the chick.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- They never stopped long where there were houses; they had no wife, no chick, no home, never a chum.
- Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
- If we say the chick is unintelligent, we must certainly say the infant is unintelligent.
- Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
- I expressed to him my surprise that he should fuss about me like an old hen over a chick.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- Belle dropped the chick into her hat and tucked the hat under her arm.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- You see, chick, I don't even know yet what it is I'm going to have to think about.
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
- One of them, Fabricius, made observations on the development of the chick .
- Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
- We'll watch over you like a couple of old hens with one chick between them.
- Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
- We now say that the chick "knows" that the worm is not good to eat.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
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