chick

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

chick, v. i. [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.].

 To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.  Chalmers.  [1913 Webster]

chick, n. 

•  A chicken.  [1913 Webster]
•  A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  a young woman; -- often considered offensive.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chick, n.
1 a young bird, esp. one newly hatched.
2 sl. a a young woman. b a child.

chick, n. Ind. a screen for a doorway etc., made from split bamboo and twine.

Etymology

Hindi chik

THESAURUS

chick

Bantam, Jane, angel, avifauna, babe, baby, baby bird, baby-doll, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdling, birdy, bitch, broad, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bud, buttercup, cage bird, calf, capon, catling, chanticleer, cherub, chickabiddy, chicken, chickling, chicky, cock, cockerel, colleen, colt, cub, cutie, cygnet, dame, damoiselle, damsel, darling, dear, deary, demoiselle, diving bird, dogie, doll, domestic fowl, dove, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, eagle, eaglet, fawn, filly, fish-eating bird, fledgling, flightless bird, foal, fowl, frail, fruit-eating bird, fryer, fulmar, gal, game bird, game fowl, gander, girl, girlie, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, heifer, hen, hen turkey, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hoyden, insect-eating bird, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, juvenile, kid, kit, kitten, lady friend, lamb, lambkin, lass, lassie, litter, little missy, love, lover, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, migrant, migratory bird, minx, miss, missy, moppet, mouse, nest, nestling, nipper, nymphet, oscine bird, owl, partlet, passerine bird, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pet, petkins, piece, pigeon, piglet, pigling, polliwog, poulard, poult, poultry, precious, precious heart, pullet, pup, puppy, ratite, roaster, romp, rooster, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, sea bird, seed-eating bird, setting hen, shoat, shore bird, skirt, slip, snookums, songbird, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, storm petrel, stormy petrel, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, sugar, swan, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, tadpole, teenybopper, tom, tom turkey, tomato, tomboy, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, virgin, wading bird, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, weaner, wench, whelp, wildfowl, yeanling, young creature, young thing, youngling, youngster

ROGET THESAURUS

chick

Shade

N shade, awning, parasol, sunshade, umbrella, chick, portiere, screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, chador, mantle, mask, cloud, mist, gathering, of clouds, umbrage, glade, shadow, beach umbrella, folding umbrella, shady, umbrageous, welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail.