girl

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

girlsgalgelgirlegyrlegorlgrilgrrrlgrrlguhrlgurlgworl

1.
(countable, uncountable)A female child.
I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.
2.
(countable, offensive, sometimes, uncountable)(sometimes offensive, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.
3.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?
Đồng nghĩa: girlie, lass, lassie
4.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)One's girlfriend.
He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
5.
(countable, uncountable)One's daughter.
Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.
6.
(countable, especially, uncountable)(especially with a possessive) A female friend.
7.
(countable, uncountable)A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
Hey, Tricksy, come here, girl! Do you want a treat? Yes, you love those biscuits, don't you! What a good girl! Here's another!
8.
(childish, countable, uncountable)(somewhat childish, as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).
Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
Of the 100 percent total, 25 will have two girl genes, 50 will have one boy and one girl gene, and 25 will have two boy genes.
9.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
The old girl ain't as pretty as she once was, but she still purrs like a kitten and still gets out of her own way!
10.
(countable, uncountable)A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
He assumed that the girls should clean up his giant mess. We straightened out his misconception.
Đồng nghĩa: char, charlady, charwoman, maid, maiden, maidservant, womanservant
11.
(US, slang, uncountable)Cocaine, especially in powder form.
He's the sort of lowlife who snorts coke and refers to it as his girl.
Đồng nghĩa: benzoylmethylecgonine, blow, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, ching, coke, corinne, crystals, flake, girl, hard white, marching powder, nose beer, nose candy, nose powder, party powder, powder, rock, rocks, slim, sniff, snow, snuff, toot, wash, white, white girl, white lady, yay, yayo, yola
12.
(countable, slang, uncommon, uncountable)(card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
Are your sure you want to discard that old girl?

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

girls

V_ing/Gerund

girling

V_ed/pp

girledgal

1.
(transitive)To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
2.
(informal)(somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.

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Đồng nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (young person (boy or girl)), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, from *gurilā, from a zero-grade diminutive of *gaurā + *-ilā. Ultimately of origin. gyaru. 2 cog Cognate with gurl, Gör, Göre (brat, cheeky young child), Gör.