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How to spell chick

What it means: A young bird, especially of domestic fowl.

In a sentence: The fluffy chick peeped loudly from its nest. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as chik or chickk.

Same family: chicks, chicken, chickpea, chickadee. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word 'chick' originally meant a baby chicken and comes from Old English 'cicen' or 'ceacian.' Its informal use for a young woman started in American slang in the early 1900s, likely comparing a young woman to a small, cute bird.

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