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girl
[gurl]
noun
a female child, from birth to full growth.
a young, immature woman, especially formerly, an unmarried one.
a daughter.
My wife and I have two girls.
Informal: Sometimes Offensive., a grown woman, especially when referred to familiarly.
She's having the girls over for bridge next week.
a girlfriend; sweetheart.
Older Use: Usually Offensive., a female servant, as a maid.
Older Use: Usually Offensive., a female employee, especially an office assistant.
a female who is from or native to a given place.
She's a Missouri girl.
(used with a singular or plural verb), girls,
a range of sizes from 7 to 14, for garments made for girls.
a garment in this size range.
the department or section of a store where these garments are sold.
Slang., girls, one's breasts (usually preceded by the, my, etc., and primarily used self-referentially by women).
girl
/ ɡɜːl /
noun
a female child from birth to young womanhood
a young unmarried woman; lass; maid
informal, a sweetheart or girlfriend
informal, a woman of any age
an informal word for daughter
a female employee, esp a female servant
derogatory, a Black female servant of any age
informal, (usually plural) a group of women, esp acquaintances
Usage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of girl1
Word History and Origins
Origin of girl1
Example Sentences
But she questioned why the girls all wore bikinis, with the young Reese asking herself what their revealing attire had to do with solving a crime.
It said: "Men do talk about girls behind their backs. Unpopularity often begins with the first hint of underarm odour. This is one fault men can't stand - one fault they can't forgive."
A New Jersey teenage girl whose real photo was allegedly transformed by a classmate into at least one fake-nude image is suing the developer of the “clothes removal” software that was used.
A convent girl with a creepy streak, Elizabeth sees beauty in biology, leaning over a corpse’s flayed back to appreciate the intricacy of its ventricles.
Maggie is the best-case version of the submissive wife fantasy, a nice lady with a fancy house who wants to be thought well of and refers to her son’s victim as “that poor girl.”
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- young one
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When To Use
The word girl, meaning "a female child," originally meant any "child" or "young person," regardless of gender. Girl, for "child," is recorded around 1250–1300.However, the original source of the word is uncertain. Scholars point to Old English words like gyrela, "an item of dress, apparel," presumably of a type worn by and popular with a young person back then.Guess what other word has obscure roots? Boy. Discover why in our slideshow “‘Dog,’ ‘Boy,’ And Other Words That We Don’t Know Where They Came From."
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