Gal vs Chick - What's the difference?
gal | chick |
A gallon.
A galileo.
A young bird.
A young chicken.
(slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
* {{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.}}
As a proper noun gal
is gaul.As a noun chick is
a young bird.As a verb chick is
(obsolete) to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.gal
English
Etymology 1
From (gallon).Noun
(en-noun)Etymology 2
Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of (girl).Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* attagal * galpalEtymology 3
Shortened from (galileo)Noun
Anagrams
*See also
* guy ----chick
English
Noun
(en noun)- Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by