CHICK
What does "CHICK" mean?
A young bird, especially a baby chicken just hatched.
Meanings
- A newly hatched or very young bird, particularly a young chicken. The hen gathered her chicks under her wings.
- A young woman (now often considered dated or casual). She's a cool chick who rides a motorcycle. informal
Did you know?
- A hatching chick breaks out using an 'egg tooth' - a tiny hard tip on its beak made for cracking the shell from inside, which then drops off within a few days of hatching.
Word origin
A shortening of 'chicken', from Old English 'cicen' (young fowl), of Germanic origin and ultimately imitative of a small bird's peeping sound.
Remember it
CHICK is 'chicken' with the back half pecked off - just the little one left, peeping CH-ICK.
A little poem
It taps from inside-
one tooth it will never use
again, then daylight.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the chick get detention? It kept using fowl language.
What it teaches
Every chick is born already equipped for the one wall it must break; trust your egg tooth.
Quick facts
What does CHICK mean?
A young bird, especially a baby chicken just hatched.
Is CHICK a valid word?
Yes — CHICK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHICK?
CHICK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHICK come from?
A shortening of 'chicken', from Old English 'cicen' (young fowl), of Germanic origin and ultimately imitative of a small bird's peeping sound.
What can CHICK teach us?
Every chick is born already equipped for the one wall it must break; trust your egg tooth.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.