Definition of "chick" in English

noun

1. A young bird.

   • Near-synonyms: nestling, fledgling

2. (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.
   • He'll fall for any chick with a nice smile.

3. (military, slang) A friendly fighter aircraft.

4. (dated, endearing) A young child.

verb

1. (obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.

2. To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

noun

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

   • 1890, Rudyard Kipling, Letter to William Canton, 5 April, 1890, in Sandra Kemp and Lisa Lewis (eds.) Writings on writing by Rudyard Kipling, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 34, https://books.google.ca/books?id=-AQStA5QMjwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Then, through a cautiously lifted chick, the old scene stands revealed […]