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.}}

Noun

(en noun)

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A hen; a cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.

* 2005 , , The Complete Burke?s Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets , page 683,

Worm chickens once every three months and, if an occasional lice problem occurs, spray the inside of the chook shed with Coopex.

* 2006', Judith Brett, ''The '''Chook in the Australian Unconscious'', in Peter Beilharz, Robert Manne, ''Reflected Light: La Trobe Essays , page 329,

This little book, with its meticulous pencil drawings of chooks' in mechanical contraptions and photos to show the machine in operation with a white leghorn called Gregory Peck, is evidence of both the sadism inspired by the ' chook ?s comparatively flightless fate and the laughter we use to defend ourselves against the knowledge of that sadism.

* 2011 , Helen Maczkowiackpeglerpegler, An Awkward Fit , page 21,

She decided to dig her way under the fence into their chook house and had great fun running around and biting the necks of about eight chooks' and leaving them half-dead and bleeding. The neighbour was furious, and unfortunately it was Dad?s birthday, so when he arrived home from work, Mum said ‘Happy birthday and(sic) darling. Guess what? Your dog has half-killed most of the neighbour?s ' chooks .’

(Australia, dated) A fool.