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Word entry · 5 letters

chick

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"Baby bird"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /t͡ʃɪk/Part of speech nounSorted cchikStarts with CEnds with K1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. young bird especially of domestic fowl

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: nestling, fledgling
  • Neither chick nor child was left living the length of the seacoast.
  • This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun.

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