Meaning

A female child..

Definitions by Sense

1. A female child.
2. (sometimes offensive, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
3. (colloquial) A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
4. (colloquial) One's girlfriend.
5. One's daughter.
6. (especially with a possessive) A female friend.
7. A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
8. (somewhat childish, as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).

Example Sentences

I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.

He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.

Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?

"My dear girl, what has he done?" said Mrs. Mallowe, sweetly. It is noticeable that ladies of a certain age call each other "dear girl," just as commissioners of twenty-eight years' standing address their equals in the Civil List as "my boy."

"What a pity you couldn't see it." "Isn't it?" I agreed. "Now do go away, there's a good girl."

'Now, girls,' continued Healey, 'you're very high-spirited and that's as it should be but I won't have you getting out of hand.[…]' […] Setting a spatted foot on the bench that ran down the middle of the changing-room with elegant distain, Adrian began to flip through a pile of Y-fronts and rugger shorts with his cane.

He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.

There isn't any guy going to steal my girl!

Word Forms

• girls
• gal
• gel
• girle
• gyrle
• gorl
• gril
• grrrl
• grrl
• guhrl
• gurl
• gworl
• gyal
• girling
• girled

Synonyms for girl

Antonyms for girl

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When Should You Use Girl?

Use girl when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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