girl
girl
/ɡɜːl/
a little girl of six
a six-year-old girl
a baby/young/teenage girl
a beautiful/clever girl
When I was a girl, I wanted to be an dancer.
Hello, girls and boys!
SEE ALSO day girl, flower girl, head girl, poster child
Collocations
adjective
They have two girls and a boy.
Our youngest girl is at college.
3 countable (sometimes offensive) a young woman He married the girl next door.
It's a great way to meet girls.
Alex is not interested in girls yet.
SEE ALSO bachelor girl, Valley Girl
4 girls plural (used especially as a form of address by women) the women in a group I'm having a night out with the girls.
Good morning, girls!
He’s taking his girl home to meet his parents.
6 countable (usually in compounds) (old-fashioned, offensive) a female worker an office girl
Idioms
Word Origin
Middle English (denoting a child or young person of either sex): perhaps related to Low German gör ‘child’.