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girl

/ˈɡɜɹl/ noun A1
  1. A female child. (countable, uncountable) · I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.
  2. A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman. (countable, uncountable) · He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.
  3. A term of address to a female (see usage notes) (colloquial, countable, uncountable) · Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?
  4. One's girlfriend. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) · He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
  5. One's daughter. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) · Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.
  6. A female friend. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog. (countable, uncountable) · Hey, Tricksy, come here, girl! Do you want a treat? Yes, you love those biscuits, don't you! What a good girl! Here's another!
  8. A female (tree, gene, etc). (countable, uncountable) · Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?

Plural girls

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And tell the other girls and boys
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1
Do you think you could manage it?) “And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 3 · B2
“You ought to be ashamed of yourself,” said Alice, “a great girl like you,” (she might well say this), “to go on crying in this way!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 9 · B2
“I—I’m a little girl,” said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number of changes she had gone through that day.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 37 · B2

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