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chick flick

chick flick

9 6.2
A light romantic movie that many women enjoy
  • noun
  • /tʃɪk flɪk/
  • Informal
translation icon : película romántica
  • It means, you know, the ultimate chick flick, a girl-girl kind of scenario.
  • watch a chick flick
  • rent a chick flick
  • enjoy chick flicks

But I am definitely more of a horror thriller or comedy chick flick kind of girl.

Examples

  • I don't normally watch chick flicks, and I don't even know if that classifies as one, but you ever watch a movie and just think that's the way things should be?

    The Other End of the Line (2007)

  • My friends and I are planning to watch a fun chick flick this weekend.

  • Watching your favorite chick flick maybe?

    Iron Man 3 (2013)

  • - Well, it's obviously some chick flick.

    River's End (2005)

  • How is this worse than calling a film a chick flick?

    Blog text (27)

  • I only know those names because of chick flicks, by the way, or I probably would have never heard them in my life.

    Blog text (19)

  • I think even the mighty Times has called films chick flicks...

    Blog text (27)

  • We pick out a chick flick, put on comfy clothes, and get together to watch.

    Blog text (16)

  • I like to watch Seinfeld, The Office, and I'm into chick flicks like "While You Were Sleeping" with Sandra Bullock.

    Blog text (8)

  • She always chooses a chick flick when she wants to relax after a long week.

Synonyms

romance
vschick flick
106 3.1

A story that focuses on love or exciting adventures

targets mainly women rather than a general audience

Antonyms

actioner
  • Jargon
1 7.4

A movie or book full of fast scenes and excitement

How Feminine

chick flick
  • Informal
9 6.2
romance
106 3.1
family film
3 1.7

Surface Forms

chick flick singular
chick flicks plural

Morphology

chick + flick

A B1 learner who knows 'chick' (young woman) and 'flick' (movie) can readily infer that 'chick flick' refers to a movie associated with women, so the basic compositional meaning is accessible. However, the informal/colloquial and mildly pejorative nuance and the genre-specific sense (romantic/sentimental films aimed at women) are culturally loaded and not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Chick flick comes from two slang words: chick meaning a young woman and flick meaning a movie. Put together, it creates the image of a movie made for 'women', often romantic or sentimental, so today it means a movie that 'women' like.