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Definition of Chick

1. Noun. Young bird especially of domestic fowl.

Definition of Chick

1. v. i. To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.

2. n. A chicken.

Definition of Chick

1. Noun. (zoology) A young bird. ¹

2. Noun. A young chicken. ¹

3. Noun. (slang) A young (especially attractive) woman. ¹

4. Noun. (slang) A woman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chick

1. a young bird [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chick

Literary usage of Chick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1903)
"Mis' chick ! Did n't yon write 'em about losin' your place and your horse, and breakin' your leg last fall, and your cow dyin', and your taxes, ..."

2. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"On the EARLY DEVELOPMENT of the ANTERIOR PART of tke WOLFFIAN DUCT and BODY in the chick, together mtk tome REMARKS on the EXCRETORY SYSTEM of the ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"This very probably begins at the chick as a centre; but it would appear that the whole did not derive its expansion immediately from the chick, ..."

4. Works by William Harvey (1847)
"EXERCISE THE FORTY-THIRD. many ways the chick may be said to be formed from the egg. It is admitted, then, that the foetus is formed from a prolific egg, ..."

5. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"The present investigation endeavors to throw light upon the physiological processes involved during digestion and thereby make the feeding of the chick less ..."

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