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
The company released a video showing the hatching chicks.
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Devika Rao, TheWeek, 28 May 2026
Remove trash and food scraps, which can attract predators that may prey on eggs and chicks.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Her new friends include Sam (Bianca Dumais), a rock-chick type who’s the same age as Franny and who has developed a reputation for promiscuity around town that doesn’t seem deserved.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
The male Burrowing Own feeds a gecko to the female as their chicks play around them.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
In decades past, researchers have used cruder technology to create transparent eggshells that hatched chicks from plastic films or sacks.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Kyle has treated Amanda, who suffered as his side chick for years before being elevated to main chick, terribly.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 20 May 2026
Hens and chicks are winter hardy in USDA Zones 3–8 and do well in full sun or with afternoon shade in hotter areas.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
More than two dozen chickens have been born so far from Colossal's artificial eggs and more chicks will follow soon, the company says.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 19 May 2026
Devika Rao, TheWeek, 28 May 2026
Remove trash and food scraps, which can attract predators that may prey on eggs and chicks.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Her new friends include Sam (Bianca Dumais), a rock-chick type who’s the same age as Franny and who has developed a reputation for promiscuity around town that doesn’t seem deserved.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
The male Burrowing Own feeds a gecko to the female as their chicks play around them.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
In decades past, researchers have used cruder technology to create transparent eggshells that hatched chicks from plastic films or sacks.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Kyle has treated Amanda, who suffered as his side chick for years before being elevated to main chick, terribly.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 20 May 2026
Hens and chicks are winter hardy in USDA Zones 3–8 and do well in full sun or with afternoon shade in hotter areas.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
More than two dozen chickens have been born so far from Colossal's artificial eggs and more chicks will follow soon, the company says.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chick
Noun
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School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Bell-to-bell phone bans are among the strategies proposed in a new Surgeon General's advisory warning of the threat excessive screen time can pose to kids.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Whether a minor or an adult, that child has lost a parent and has a right to mourn and needs the mother to be there.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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More strikes were reported in southern Lebanon earlier today, with the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reporting that civil defense teams recovered the bodies of four people, including children, after an airstrike hit a residential house in the town of Adloun.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Chick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chick. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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