Sekirov Dictionary

girl

UK /ˈɡɜːl/US /ˈɡɜɹl/

noun 14
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 10

noun14

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a female child
- I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.
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(offensive) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
- He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.
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(informal) One's girlfriend.
- He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
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(informal) A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
- Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?
A female friend.
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A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- Hey, Tricksy, come here, girl! Do you want a treat? Yes, you love those biscuits, don't you! What a good girl! Here's another!
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A female (tree, gene, etc).
- Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
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(informal) One's daughter.
- Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.
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(informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
- The old girl ain't as pretty as she once was, but she still purrs like a kitten and still gets out of her own way!
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A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- He assumed that the girls should clean up his giant mess. We straightened out his misconception.
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(US, slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- He's the sort of lowlife who snorts coke and refers to it as his girl.
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(slang) A queen (the playing card).
- Are your sure you want to discard that old girl?
(no longer used) A child of any gender.
(dialect, no longer used) A roebuck two years old.

verb2

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To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
- Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke. — 2005
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(informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.
- Making our way past a one-girl switchboard temporarily girled by two frantic operators, we found the victorious president, Elliott A. Bowles, barely visible behind a heap of telegrams [...] — 1949

forms

girled · girling · girls

Phrases with girl

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