chick
A young bird.
Noun 4 meanings
A young bird.
“Near-synonyms: nestling, fledgling”
An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.
“This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun.”
A young child.
A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.
Verb 1 meaning
To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.
Etymology
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.
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CHICK at a glance
CHICK has 5 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,123 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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