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Girl Baby Youngest College Female Noun Bre ɡɜːl

Word girl
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ɡɜːl / NAmE / ɡɜːrl /
Example
  • a baby girl
  • a little girl of six
  • hello, girls and boys!
  • our youngest girl is at college.
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girl

(noun)BrE / ɡɜːl / NAmE / ɡɜːrl /
  1. a female child
    • see also poster child
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/poster-child
    • a baby girl
    • a little girl of six
    • Hello, girls and boys!
  2. a daughter
    • Our youngest girl is at college.
  3. a young woman
    • Alex is not interested in girls yet.
    • He married the girl next door.
  4. a female worker
    • an office girl
  5. a man’s girlfriend
    • He’s taking his girl home to meet his parents.
  6. a woman’s female friends
    • 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. Extra Examples

    • Tracey is known for being a party girl.
    • 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.
    • He’s taking his girl home to meet his parents.
    • One of the girls giggled nervously.
    • She’s a bright little girl.
    • Three people were injured, including a nine-year-old girl.
    • He met a French girl while he was at university.
    • One of the girls at work told me about it.
    • Our youngest girl wants to go to art college.
    • She handed her card over to the girl behind the counter.
    • They’ve had a baby girl.

    Word Origin

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