as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them
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Recent Examples of chick
With no rooster to sing in a new day, Marialice begins a journey in endless night to find the sleeping sun, accompanied by tiny chick Little.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Visit between mid-December to mid-January to see penguin chicks.
—Ashton Palmer, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This chick has helicopters landing her on set.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
That's the chick who pretended on the 'Today' show, chopping cucumbers.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
But my opinion began to change in 2002, when a flamingo that was banded as a chick at Rio Lagartos was photographed in Florida Bay.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
But when wildfires spread quickly, nesting condors and chicks incapable of flight are left vulnerable.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Kids can pet a chick and plant a radish seed, but no feeding of the animals allowed.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Visit between mid-December to mid-January to see penguin chicks.
—Ashton Palmer, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This chick has helicopters landing her on set.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
That's the chick who pretended on the 'Today' show, chopping cucumbers.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
But my opinion began to change in 2002, when a flamingo that was banded as a chick at Rio Lagartos was photographed in Florida Bay.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
But when wildfires spread quickly, nesting condors and chicks incapable of flight are left vulnerable.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Kids can pet a chick and plant a radish seed, but no feeding of the animals allowed.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chick
Noun
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The driveway was already full of other cars arriving and various parents and kids taking photos like crazy and squealing.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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They were married in 1968, with Miguel Bezos adopting her young son, and had two more kids, Christina and Mark.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Under the public trees, children ran exultantly between cars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Villages have been burned, civilians executed, and children targeted.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Chick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chick. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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