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Chick vs Chirk - What's the difference?

chick | chirk |

As verbs the difference between chick and chirk

is that chick is to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate while chirk is to become happier.

As a noun chick

is a young bird.

As an adjective chirk is

lively; cheerful; in good spirits.

chick

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young bird.
  • A young chicken.
  • (slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
    • Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by
  • * {{quote-book, year=1927, title=Elmer Gantry, author=Sinclair Lewis
    • , passage=He had determined that marriage now would cramp his advancement in the church and that, anyway, he didn't want to marry this brainless little fluffy chick , who would be of no help in impressing rich parishioners.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2004, title=Bad moon rising?, author=Tess Pendergrass
    • , passage=I can't believe you've got a hot chick in that ratty apartment with you.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * chick flick * chickfriend * chick lit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
    • (Chalmers)

    References

    chirk

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (especially as chirk up) To become happier.
  • *'>citation
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author=Grace Livingston Hill Lutz, title=Marcia Schuyler, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Now you jest wipe your eyes and chirk up. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1894, author=Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), title=Tom Sawyer Abroad, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Go ahead," he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen. }}
  • (especially as chirk up) To make happier.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1912, author=Zona Gale, title=Christmas, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But--" "Well, I think," said Mis' Jane Moran, "that we've hit on the only way we could have hit on to chirk each other up over a hard time." }}
  • To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

    • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (colloquial, US, chiefly, New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits

    • Usage notes

    * The comparative and superlative forms of chirky'', chirkier''' and '''chirkiest , are sometimes used suppletively as comparative and superlative forms of ''chirk . ----