What does chick mean?

Definitions for chick
tʃɪkchick

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word chick.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. chick, biddynoun

    young bird especially of domestic fowl

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

    informal terms for a (young) woman

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  1. Chick, Chickenn. s.

    Etymology: cicen , Sax. kiecken, Dut

    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.

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

    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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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 Records

  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.

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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. Dwight Hill:

    It's easy for someone like a Chick-fil-A to take a really polarizing position, but in the world of the largest retailer in the world, that's very different.

  2. Mark Meadows:

    It all comes from Truett Cathy and the Truett Cathy family and the principles Chick-fil-A has been established on.

  3. Justin Gerlach:

    The giant tortoise pursued the tern chick along a log, finally killing the chick and eating it, it was a very slow encounter, with the tortoise moving at its normal, slow walking pace – the whole interaction took seven minutes and was quite horrifying.

  4. Mathieu Jaton:

    We'll have 600 places, doubling our capacity. There was so much demand. Stanley Clarke, Brad Mehldau, Chick Corea, all the big jazz names will be there.

  5. Jerry Boykin:

    The shooter, Floyd Corkins, came into our building armed with a 9 mm pistol, two ammunition clips of 15 rounds in his front pocket, the rounds in the gun, and a box of 50 additional rounds, he also had 15 individually wrapped Chick-fil-A sandwiches. He was not puffing things up when he told the investigators that he intended ‘to kill as many people as [he] could.’ He shot our building manager, Leo Johnson, shattering the major bones of his left arm. Even after taking a bullet, Leo heroically tackled the shooter putting a stop to what would have been a mass murder. Corkins was later convicted of domestic terrorism in Washington, D.C.

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Translations for chick

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  • صوص, فرخ, فتاةArabic
  • бала, себешBashkir
  • пиленце, пиле, мацкаBulgarian
  • pollet, butzaCatalan, Valencian
  • kuře, kočka, ptáčeCzech
  • ungfugl, kylling, sild, pigebarn, fugleungeDanish
  • Vogeljunges, Schnecke, Tussi, Küken, JungvogelGerman
  • νεαρό πουλί, νεοσσόςGreek
  • birdido, kokidoEsperanto
  • pichón, pollito, polluelo, chica, muchachaSpanish
  • kanapoegEstonian
  • untuvikko, kananpoika, typykkä, tytsy, linnunpoika, linnunpoikanen, tipuFinnish
  • nana, gonzesse, oisillon, poussinFrench
  • isean, bigean, pùdach, eireagScottish Gaelic
  • אפרוח, פרגית, גוזלHebrew
  • csibeHungarian
  • ճուտ, նանար, ծիտArmenian
  • ucelyuno, hanyunoIdo
  • pulcino, gnoccaItalian
  • ヒヨコ, ヒナJapanese
  • წიწილა, ბარტყიGeorgian
  • viščiukas, paukščiukasLithuanian
  • cālēns, cālisLatvian
  • пиле, коковчеMacedonian
  • ferħa, fellus, ferħ, ċiċċaMaltese
  • ကြက်ကလေးBurmese
  • kuiken, fien, stoot, grietDutch
  • rype, dame, fugleunge, kylling, spa kæbe, chickNorwegian
  • kurczątko, pisklę, kurczak, laskaPolish
  • pintinho, pintainho, franguinha, garota, [[filhote]] [[de]] [[ave]], pintoPortuguese
  • pui, tipăRomanian
  • цыпочка, птенец, цыплёнок, тёлочкаRussian
  • пиленцe, pilence, кока, птиче, птичица, потркушац, чучавац, ptičica, potrkušac, čučavac, koka, pile, pilić, птић, пиле, ptić, ptiče, пилићSerbo-Croatian
  • piščeSlovene
  • fågelunge, tjejSwedish
  • கோழிக்குஞ்சு, குஞ்சுTamil
  • కోడి పిల్లTelugu
  • civcivTurkish
  • gokül, bödülVolapük
  • cuujWolof
  • 小鸡Chinese

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