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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chick \Chick\ (ch[i^]k), verb (used without an object) [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.] To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. --Chalmers.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chick \Chick\, noun
1. A chicken.
2. A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. --Shak.
3. a young woman; -- often considered offensive. [slang] [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chick
noun
1: young bird especially of domestic fowl [syn: {biddy}]
2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {doll}, {wench}, {skirt}, {bird}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
205 Moby Thesaurus words for "chick": Bantam, Jane, angel, avifauna, babe, baby, baby bird, baby-doll, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdling, birdy, bitch, broad, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bud, buttercup, cage bird, calf, capon, catling, chanticleer, cherub, chickabiddy, chicken, chickling, chicky, cock, cockerel, colleen, colt, cub, cutie, cygnet, dame, damoiselle, damsel, darling, dear, deary, demoiselle, diving bird, dogie, doll, domestic fowl, dove, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, eagle, eaglet, fawn, filly, fish-eating bird, fledgling, flightless bird, foal, fowl, frail, fruit-eating bird, fryer, fulmar, gal, game bird, game fowl, gander, girl, girlie, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, heifer, hen, hen turkey, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hoyden, insect-eating bird, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, juvenile, kid, kit, kitten, lady friend, lamb, lambkin, lass, lassie, litter, little missy, love, lover, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, migrant, migratory bird, minx, miss, missy, moppet, mouse, nest, nestling, nipper, nymphet, oscine bird, owl, partlet, passerine bird, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pet, petkins, piece, pigeon, piglet, pigling, polliwog, poulard, poult, poultry, precious, precious heart, pullet, pup, puppy, ratite, roaster, romp, rooster, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, sea bird, seed-eating bird, setting hen, shoat, shore bird, skirt, slip, snookums, songbird, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, storm petrel, stormy petrel, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, sugar, swan, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, tadpole, teenybopper, tom, tom turkey, tomato, tomboy, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, virgin, wading bird, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, weaner, wench, whelp, wildfowl, yeanling, young creature, young thing, youngling, youngster
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