Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chick \Chick\ (ch[i^]k), v. i. [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.]
To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. --Chalmers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chick \Chick\, n.
1. A chicken.
2. A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chick
n 1: young bird especially of domestic fowl [syn: {biddy}]
2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {doll}, {wench},
{skirt}, {bird}]
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