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girl
/ˈɡɜɹl/
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What does girl mean?
noun
- A female child.
- A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
- One's girlfriend.
More meanings (14)
noun
- One's daughter.
- A female friend.
- A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- A female (tree, gene, etc).
- (informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
- A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- (slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- (slang) A queen (the playing card).
- (offensive) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
- (obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
- (obsolete) A child of any gender.
verb
- To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
- (informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.
proper noun
- A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡɜɹl/
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Sometimes a girl would flush, not with drooped eyelids and inviting timidity, but with anger and a quick lift of the head.
She was sitting on the lounge, her knees far apart, her gloved hands lying stiffly in her lap, like a country girl.
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“If you’ll be a good girl you’ll always be happy, Anne. And you should never find it hard to say your prayers.”
“What man would oppose a girl, or dare to harm her? And there is not an ugly face in my entire Army.”
So soon as the last of the gruesome procession had disappeared the girl urged us to take up our flight once more.