Definitions for GIRL
gɜrlgirl

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fillenoun

   a young woman

   "a young lady of 18"

2. female child, girl, little girlnoun

   a youthful female person

   "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"

3. daughter, girlnoun

   a female human offspring

   "her daughter cared for her in her old age"

4. girlfriend, girl, lady friendnoun

   a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved

   "his girlfriend kicked him out"

5. girlnoun

   a friendly informal reference to a grown woman

   "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. girlnoun

   A young female (in contrast to boy), usually a child or adolescent.

   Amanda is a girl of 16.

2. girlnoun

   Any woman, regardless of her age. See usage notes.

3. girlnoun

   A female servant; a maid. See usage notes.

4. girlnoun

   A boy with girl-like qualities, especially squeamishness.

   Stop being such a girl and punch back.

5. girlnoun

   A queen (the playing card.)

6. girlnoun

   A term of endearment. See usage notes.

7. girlnoun

   a girlfriend.

   I'm going to meet my girl over there.

8. girlnoun

   a daughter.

   Your girl turned up on our doorstep.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GIRLnoun

   A young woman, or female child.

   Etymology: About the etymology of this word there is much question: Meric Casaubon, as is his custom, derives it from ϰόρη, of the same signification; John Minsheu from garrula, Latin, a prattler, or girella, Italian, a weathercock; Franciscus Junius thinks that it comes from herlodes, Welsh, from which, says he, harlot is very easily deduced. Stephen Skinner imagines that the Saxons, who used ceorl for a man, might likewise have ceorla for a woman, though no such word is now found. Dr. Hickes derives it most probably from the Islandick karlinna, a woman.

   In those unfledg’d days was my wife a girl. William Shakespeare.

   And let it not displease thee, good Bianca;
   For I will love thee ne’er the less, my girl. William Shakespeare.

   A weather-beaten lover, but once known,
   Is sport for every girl to practise on. John Donne.

   Tragedy should blush as much to stoop
   To the low mimick follies of a farce,
   As a grave matron would to dance with girls. Wentworth Dillon.

   A boy, like thee, would make a kingly line;
   But oh, a girl, like her, must be divine! Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Girl

   A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a woman. However, the term girl is also used for other meanings, including young woman, and is sometimes used as a synonym for daughter, or girlfriend. In certain contexts, the usage of girl for a woman may be derogatory. Girl may also be a term of endearment used by an adult, usually a woman, to designate adult female friends. Girl also appears in portmanteaus (compound words) like showgirl, cowgirl, and schoolgirl. The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have a low societal position, girls may be unwanted by their parents, and the state may invest less in services for girls. Girls' upbringing ranges from being relatively the same as that of boys to complete sex segregation and completely different gender roles.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. girl

   A girl is a term used to refer to a young female human, typically a child or adolescent, particularly before reaching adulthood or becoming a woman.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Girlnoun

   a young person of either sex; a child

2. Girlnoun

   a female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden

3. Girlnoun

   a female servant; a maidservant

4. Girlnoun

   a roebuck two years old

5. Etymology: [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gr child.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Girl

   A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman. The word is also often used as a synonym for daughter.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Girl

   gėrl, n. a female child: a young unmarried woman: a maid-servant.—n. Girl′hood, the state or time of being a girl.—adj. Girl′ish, of or like a girl.—adv. Girl′ishly—n. Girl′ishness. [Prob. from Old Low Ger. gör, a child, with dim. suffix -l.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. girl

   A female human being with a vagina.

   A girl has distinct bodily functions to a boy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  

2. ---

   girl

   A human being that produces ovum.

   A girl has distinct bodily functions different to a boy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  

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1. girl

   Song lyrics by girl -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by girl on the Lyrics.com website.

2. GIRL

   What does GIRL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GIRL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GIRL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Girl is ranked #159712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Girl surname appeared 101 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Girl.
   
   45.5% or 46 total occurrences were White.
   36.6% or 37 total occurrences were Asian.
   10.8% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.9% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Female Offspring
   • Lover
   • Woman

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GIRL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #643

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GIRL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #553

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GIRL' in Nouns Frequency: #115

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Anagrams for GIRL »

1. LIRG

How to pronounce GIRL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say GIRL in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GIRL in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GIRL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of GIRL in a Sentence

1. Alton Brown:

   I remember being given my first Girl Scout cookie by Mom and thinking, 'This is everything I want for the rest of my life,'.

2. Connie Francis:

   My letters were for sale on eBay, i said to my secretary, ‘No matter what they cost, I want my letters to Bobby back. Bid the highest for them.’ But it seems like there was a girl named Laura Rice who... no matter what was bid on, she had last dibs... She always had the final bid. So she got all the letters.

3. Martha Ordonez:

   Femicide doesn't just happen from one day to the next. There's a history of threats, of psychological and physical abuse that gets worse, which often starts from the first boyfriend a girl has.

4. Erika Jones:

   Skeptical of their doctors ’ diagnosis, the Florida couple traveled to Boston Children's Hospital, where neurosurgeon-in-chief Alan Cohen evaluated the little girl. He ended up operating on Abigail and removing the tumor, which he said was benign. When Dr. Cohen came out of surgery saying we got it all, and we're pretty, pretty, pretty sure that it’s not malignant, it's not cancer, it was almost like she was born again.

5. Joe Rodgers:

   In a strange sense, a conversation between a teenage boy and girl from 10 feet apart creates a kind of psychological safe space that some may come to appreciate, lots of teenagers aren't nearly ready for intimacy.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GIRL
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Girl
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=GIRL
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GIRL
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=GIRL
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=GIRL
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=GIRL