Meaning

7 senses
  1. A young bird.

    Near-synonyms: nestling, fledgling

    Küken, Vogeljunges, Jungvogel

    птене́цptenéc

    пташеня́ptašenjá, пташа́ptašá

    young bird especially of domestic fowl

  2. A young bird.

    (especially)A young chicken.

    Küken, Biberl, Kücken

    цыплёнокcypljónok

    курча́kurčá, курча́ткоkurčátko

    informal terms for a (young) woman

  3. (colloquial)An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.

    This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun.

    They're going to have a chick weekend. No guys allowed.

    Schnecke, Tussi

    де́вушкаdévuška, тёлочкаtjóločka, девчо́нкаdevčónka

  4. (slang)A friendly fighter aircraft.

  5. (dated, endearing)A young child.

  6. (India, Pakistan)A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.

  7. (India, obsolete)A chickeen, or zecchino.

Examples

102 sentences
  1. What's your favorite chick flick?

    Який твій улюблений чікфлік? — deniko

  2. Tom put the chicks in a cardboard box.

    deTom setzte die Küken in eine Pappschachtel. — maaster

  3. I love chick flicks.

  4. She bought a baby chick.

    deSie hat ein Küken gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The chick has already hatched from the egg.

    Курчатко вже вилупилося з яйця. — deniko

    ruПтенец уже вылупился из яйца. — Wezel

    deDas Küken ist schon aus dem Ei geschlüpft. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
young bird:
young chicken:
Русский
By meaning 3
young bird:
young chicken:
young woman:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
young bird:
young chicken:
young woman:

Origin

From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old

From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi चिक़ (ciq) / Urdu چق (ciq)), ultimately from Classical Persian چق (čiq).

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