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girl Definition

girl (gʉrl)

noun

  1. a female child
  2. a young, unmarried woman
  3. a female servant or other employee: sometimes considered a patronizing term
  4. Informal a woman of any age, married or single: sometimes considered a patronizing term
  5. Informal a sweetheart of a boy or man
  6. Informal a daughter

Etymology: ME girle, gurle, youngster of either sex < ? OE *gyrele, prob. akin to LowG göre, Ger dial. gör, girl < IE base *ĝher-, small > OIr gair, short

girl Synonyms

girl

n.

  1. A young female

    young woman, schoolgirl, miss, lass, coed, lassie, damsel, damosel, maid, maiden, tomboy, teenager, colleen, mademoiselle, señorita, senhorita, young thing, filly*, subdeb*, junior miss*, nymph*, nymphet*, bobby soxer*, chick*, bird*, pigeon*, kitten*, minx*, broad*, deb*, skirt*, dame*, babe*. *

  2. A female domestic

    maid, help, waitress; see servant.

  3. *A female beloved

    sweetheart, girlfriend, fiancée; see girlfriend, lover 1.

girl Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • marry: Now a town museum, it was once the home of Thomas Nash who married the girl next door, Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth.
  • kiss: By which time... he will have kissed a girl!
  • age: A young girl aged 18 was paid 1 s.
  • meet: He even met the girl of his dreams, Linda.
  • impress: Boys - reserve a booth to impress the girls... Tiger Tiger can reserve you a booth or an area for free!

Preposition: on

brink: Leading this procession is a girl on the very brink of womanhood.

Adjective modifier

  • teenage: The unit has recently targeted teenage girls with a successful poster campaign.
  • groovy: Groovy Girls is also launching a Groovy Style Sittin' Pretty salon with hair dryer, sink with water sprayer and large mirror and chair.
  • little: There's a little girl sitting in the middle of the road.
  • young: Who is the young girl with the feisty feminist views over the picket fence?
  • pretty: Rather a pretty girl returned to her flat opposite St Dennis Lane.
  • beautiful: Dream of the beautiful girls you see on the way to school.

Modifies a noun

chorister: There are 6-8 choral scholars in the choir, singing with a similar number of Lay Vicars and 20 boy or girl choristers.

Noun used with modifier

  • baby: She went on to have a 9 1/2 lb baby girl at home; the baby was a full face presentation.
  • orphan: A little orphan girl lives with her cruel aunt in a rambling, tumbledown house.
  • peasant: Finally, when wrongly accused of seducing a peasant girl, he locks himself in his room and shoots himself.
  • chorus: The only time I was actually caught up with the law was when I was a chorus girl.
  • servant: A servant girl, Nani, a married woman, Sarita, and a mother-in-law, Ama.
  • dancing: The best bit for me, I must admit, was the troupe of very attractive and talented dancing girls.

Preposition: in

bikini: It's not the retro choons that do it for me, nor the cocktails, not even the girls in bikinis.

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