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Girl Noun ɡɜːl ɡɜːrl Six Year Old Baby/Young/Teenage Pretty/Beautiful Female

Word3 girl
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ɡɜːl/ /ɡɜːrl/
Example
  • a little girl of six
  • a six-year-old girl
  • a baby/young/teenage girl
  • a pretty/beautiful girl
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girl

(noun)/ɡɜːl/ /ɡɜːrl/
  1. a female child
    • SEE ALSO day girl
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/day-girl
    • a little girl of six
    • a six-year-old girl
    • a baby/young/teenage girl
    • a pretty/beautiful girl
    • The poor girl was scared out of her wits.
    • Hello, girls and boys!

    Extra Examples

    • When she was a little girl, she dreamed of becoming a ballerina.
    • A crowd of teenage girls waited outside to catch a glimpse of the star.
    • One of the girls giggled nervously.
    • She's a bright little girl.
    • Three people were injured, including a nine-year-old girl.
  2. a daughter
    • They have two girls and a boy.
    • Our youngest girl is at college.
  3. a young woman
    • SEE ALSO bachelor girl
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bachelor-girl
    • He married the girl next door.
    • It's a great way to meet girls.
    • Alex is not interested in girls yet.

    Extra Examples

    • Tracey is known for being a party girl.
    • He met a French girl while he was at university.
    • She handed her card over to the girl behind the counter.
    • One of the girls at work told me about it.
  4. a female worker
    • SEE ALSO call girl
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/call-girl
    • an office girl
  5. a girlfriend
    • He’s taking his girl home to meet his parents.
  6. the women in a group
    • I'm having a night out with the girls.
    • Good morning, girls!
  7. an old woman, especially somebody’s wife or mother
    • How is the old girl these days?
  8. a weak man, who is not brave or confident

    9. Word Origin

    • Middle English (denoting a child or young person of either sex): perhaps related to Low German gör ‘child’.
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