girl Definition
girl (gʉrl)
noun
- a female child
- a young, unmarried woman
- a female servant or other employee: sometimes considered a patronizing term
- Informal a woman of any age, married or single: sometimes considered a patronizing term
- Informal a sweetheart of a boy or man
- 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.
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*. * A female domestic
*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.
Browse dictionary entries near girl
- ‹ girdler
- ‹ girdle
- ‹ girder
- ‹ gird
- ‹ Giraudoux, (Hippolyte) Jean
- ‹ Giraudoux
- ‹ girasol
- ‹ Girard
- ‹ girandole
- ‹ giraffe
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