girl
- noun
- /ɡɜrl/
- Informal
- Just give it up, I'm not your girl and I never will be.
- date a girl
- love a girl
- meet a girl
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back.
- Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back.
- You wouldn't be your girl side nigga, you would.
- And she was the girl that screwed my brains out, man.
- He shouldn't have kissed the girl that his best friend liked.
- Then next quarter he meets this girl at the event.
- I picked my dread, me and my girl, we leave my son.
Examples
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Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back.
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So when your girl met you, right?
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I just want you girl, I just want you girl.
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Is interested in a girl who believes in freedom.
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Will he work out his career problems, get the girl, and reach an accommodation with society?
Academic text (1992) -
Then next quarter he meets this girl at the event.
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Then I started seeing a girl in London called Leslie.
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He's just getting around to asking if his girl is still in town.
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How'd a guy like you end up with a girl like Natalie?
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I took my girl out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary.
Synonyms
A woman someone is dating
A woman who is in a romantic relationship with a man
An informal, friendly name for a girlfriend or young woman
A woman who is a man's sweetheart
A casual name for a person you date, often a girlfriend
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A group for girls and young women that teaches leadership, outdoor skills and community service
- Archaic
A woman who takes coats or umbrellas at an entrance and gives a ticket to get them back
- Archaic
A woman who takes and looks after guests' coats and hats at a public place
- Offensive
A young woman, often from California, who cares about fashion and money and speaks in a rising voice
A young woman who walks into the boxing ring between rounds holding a sign with the next round number
- Archaic
A young woman who operates an elevator in a department store or office building
A woman from Japan trained to entertain guests with music, dance, and talk while wearing a kimono
- Archaic
A young woman who lives with a family and cares for children while getting room, food and a small payment
- Archaic
A woman who performs traditional Indian dances for money, often in colonial times
A young woman who seems unhappy or lonely even though she has a lot of money
- NSFW
A fictional female character who wears rabbit ears and a tail, often in anime or cosplay
- Archaic
A young woman who works as a helper on a ship in passengers' or officers' cabins
- Slang
A fashion and makeup style with dyed hair, bold eyeliner, and fun accessories
- Archaic
A woman who gives important advice behind the scenes without a public role
- Slur
A negative idea about young women from Essex seen as loud, flashy, and not very smart
- Slur
An insulting name for a woman accused of pretending to like or know about geek culture
- Offensive
A woman in a story who is quirky, free and lively and inspires a man to enjoy life
- Archaic
A drawn picture that shows a young American woman from the late 1800s with beauty, confidence, and a tall hairdo
- Offensive
A fun way to explain spending with silly reasons to feel better about buying things
A friendly young woman, often from Southeast Asia, who loves parties, beaches, and wearing a sarong
- Archaic
A young woman in 1950s Britain who wore Edwardian-style clothes and acted rebelliously
How Committed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Girl came to mean a young woman, and people began to use it for a romantic partner, as in girlfriend or saying 'my girl'. So calling someone 'my girl' is an informal way to say she is the woman you are dating.