chickie

Examples

• All

• Look at that cute little chickie pecking at the ground.

• The farmer brought in a small chickie to show the children.

• That little chickie going back to the farm

  Spring Breakers (2013)

• I brought you this food for your little chickie.

  The Fortune (1975)

• What's this? Chickie's got a little chickie?

  Fiction book (2001)

• Here, chickie, chickie, chickie.

  Ravenous (1999)

• Here, chickie, chickie, chickie.

  Ravenous (1999)

Synonyms

C

chick

vschickie

123 1.0

A very young bird, especially a newly hatched chicken

applies to small or young birds rather than only newly hatched ones

C

chook

vschickie

• Australian

3 9.1

A chicken kept for eggs or meat

is an affectionate informal word for a small young bird not regional

C

chicky

vschickie

2 8.4

A very young chicken or a small child called in a loving way

has identical affectionate sense and is a different informal form

C

cockerel

vschickie

• UK

1 6.3

A young male chicken less than one year old

is the affectionate term that does not specify male gender

C

chookie

vschickie

• Australian

1 9.9

A small chicken often kept for eggs

is the affectionate informal term rather than a regional slang label

S

spring chicken

vschickie

1 4.6

A young chicken that is tender and good for roasting

is the affectionate informal term focusing on smallness not cooking use

B

biddy

vschickie

• Informal

9.0

A very young chicken

is the informal affectionate term used instead of that neutral name

F

frier

vschickie

• US

7.7

A young chicken that is small enough to cook whole by frying

is the informal affectionate term emphasizing smallness not cooking purpose

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology