*chick*

v. i. [ OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken. ] To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chicken. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus Hudsonius, formerly Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Chickasaw. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, küken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. küchkein. See Cock the animal. ] 1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken. “Stella is no chicken.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a trifling sum of money.
Syn. -- small change. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear. [ slang ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the far western U.S. counterpart of the red squirrel.
Syn. -- Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A sentimental motion picture that appeals particularly to women. See flick, n., movie. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Chick + -ling. ] A small chick or chicken. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chich. ] 1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick. ] (Zool.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Dabchick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Dabchick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native Indian name. ] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui&ibreve_; naked. ] (Zool.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.

☞ The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins.

But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The chicken of the peacock. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Imitative. ] A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse. -- v. i. To make a tchick. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) The common American gallinule. [ 1913 Webster ]