Chick Definition
chĭk
chicks
noun
chicks
A young chicken.
Webster's New World
Any young bird.
Webster's New World
A child.
Webster's New World
A young woman.
Webster's New World
(slang) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
Wiktionary
adjective
Intended for, or suited to the tastes of, young women.
Webster's New World
Origin of Chick
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From Middle English chike, variation of chiken (“chicken”), from Old English ċicen, cycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" first attested in Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis (1927) . More at chicken.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English chike variant of chiken chicken chicken
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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