chick

UK: /ˈtʃɪk/ US: /tʃɪk/ ,(chik)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

chick /tʃɪk/   n. [countable]

1. Birds a young chicken or other bird.
2. Sex and Gender Slang (often offensive). a young woman.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

chick  (chik), n. 

1. Birds a young chicken or other bird.
2. a child.
3. Sex and Gender [Slang] (often offensive). a girl or young woman.

• Middle English chike, variant of chiken chicken 1275–1325

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

chick / tʃɪk/ noun

1. the young of a bird, esp of a domestic fowl
2. a girl or young woman, esp an attractive one
3. a young child: used as a term of endearment

Etymology: 14th Century: short for chicken