What is "chick"

Chick \Chick\, n.

1. A chicken.

2. A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.
   --Shak.

3. a young woman; -- often considered offensive. [slang]

Chick \Chick\ (ch[i^]k), v. i. [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.] To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.
--Chalmers.

mid-14c. shortening of chicken (n.). Extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child) and thence used as a term of endearment. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 (in "Elmer Gantry"), supposedly from U.S. black slang. In British use in this sense by c.1940; popularized by Beatniks late 1950s. Chicken in this sense is from 1711. Sometimes c.1600-1900 chicken was taken as a plural, chick as a singular (compare child/children) for the domestic fowl.

n. 1 A young bird. 2 A young chicken. 3 (context slang English) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive). vb. (context obsolete English) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.

1. n. young bird especially of domestic fowl [syn: biddy]

2. informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, bird]

A chick is a bird that has not yet reached adulthood.

Chick or chicks may also refer to:

Chick is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by A.V. Bramble and starring Bramwell Fletcher, Trilby Clark and Chili Bouchier. The film was made at Islington Studios by British Lion. It was based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace. It was remade in 1936 starring Sydney Howard in the title role.

Chick is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Sydney Howard, Betty Ann Davies and Fred Conyngham. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace, which had previously been made into a 1928 silent film. The film was made at Elstree Studios. The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.

Chick is a nickname, often for Charles. Notable people with the nickname include:

• Chick Autry (first baseman) (1885–1976), National League Baseball player [1907–1909]
• Chick Autry (catcher) (1903–1950), American League Baseball player [1924–1930]
• Chick Bullock (1898–1981), American vocalist
• Chick Chandler (1905–1988), American actor
• Jimmy "Chick" Childress (1932–2015), American football coach
• Chick Churchill (born 1946), keyboard player of the British late 1960s to 70s rock band Ten Years After
• Chick Corea (born 1941), American jazz pianist
• Chick Davies (1892–1973), American baseball player
• Chick Evans (1890–1979), American amateur golfer and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
• George Evans (coach), American football, basketball, and baseball coach at Northern Illinois University from the 1920s to 1950s
• Chick Fewster (1895–1945), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Chick Fraser (1873–1940), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Chick Fullis (1904–1946), Major League Baseball player
• Chick Fulmer (1851–1940), Major League Baseball player
• Chick Gandil (1888–1970), Major League Baseball player, ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal
• Chick Galloway (1896–1969), Major League Baseball player
• Chick Hafey (1903–1973), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
• Chick Halbert (1919–2013), American basketball player
• Chick Harbert (1915–1992), American PGA Tour golfer
• Chick Hearn (1916–2002), American sportscaster
• Chick Henderson (rugby union) (1930–2006), South African rugby union footballer and commentator
• Chick Henderson (singer) (1912–1944), English singer
• Chick Jagade (1926–1968), American National Football League player
• Chick Jenkins (c. 1882–?), Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
• Chick King (1930-2012), Major League Baseball player
• Chick Lang (1905–1947), Canadian Hall-of-Fame jockey
• Chick Lathers (1888–1971), American baseball player
• Chick Maggioli (1922–2012), American National Football League player
• Chick Meehan (1893–1972), American collegiate football player and coach
• Chick Morrison (1878–1924), American silent film actor
• Chick Parsons (1902–1988), American World War II naval officer and businessman
• Chick Reiser (1914-1996), American National Basketball Association player and coach
• Chick Robitaille (1879–1947), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Chick Shorten (1892–1965), Major League Baseball player
• Chick Stahl (1873–1907), Major League Baseball player
• Chick Strand (1931–2009), American experimental filmmaker
• Chick Tolson (1895–1965), Major League Baseball player
• Chick Tricker, early New York gangster
• Chick Webb (1905–1939), jazz drummer and band leader
• Chick Willis (1934–2013), American blues singer and guitarist
• Chick Young (born 1951), Scottish football journalist
• Chick Zamick (1926–2007), Canadian hockey player and coach

Fictional characters include:

• the title character of the Franco-Belgian Western comic series Chick Bill
• the title character of the 1946 film serial Chick Carter, Detective, played by Lyle Talbot

Category:Lists of people by nickname

Chick is the surname of:

• Austin Chick (born 1971), American film director, screenwriter and producer
• Daniel Chick (born 1976), former Australian rules footballer
• Harriette Chick (1875–1977), British nutritionist
• Jack Chick (born 1924), fundamentalist Christian American cartoonist and publisher and founder of Chick Publications
• John Chick (born 1982), American football player
• John Chick (footballer) (1932–2013), Australian rules footballer
• Laura N. Chick (born 1944), American politician
• Sandra Chick (born 1947), former field hockey player from Zimbabwe
• Victoria Chick (born 1936), American economist