chick

Other forms of chick

plural

chicks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chick

What does chick mean?

chick means "young bird especially of domestic fowl". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chick?

chick has 1 syllable: chick. In IPA it is /ˈtʃɪk/.

What is another word for chick?

Close synonyms include biddy, dame, doll, wench, skirt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chick a common word?

chick is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.