girl /gûrl/

1. A female child
2. A daughter
3. A young unmarried woman (often offensive)
4. A woman irrespective of age (informal, often offensive)
5. A girlfriend, sweetheart (informal)
6. A maidservant

girlˈhood noun

The state or time of being a girl

girlˈie or girlˈy adjective

1. (of magazines, photographs, etc) showing nude or scantily clad young women
2. Of, relating to or stereotypically characteristic of girls

1. A girl, esp used as a patronizing form of address
2. A young woman who embodies stereotypical female characteristics

girlˈish (also girlˈy) adjective

Of or like a girl

• blow-outs
• blow over
• blowpipe
• blowpipes
• blows
• blowse
• blowsed
• blowses
• blowsier
• blowsiest
• blow someone's brains out
• blow someone's cover
• blow someone's mind
• blowsy
• blow the coals
• blow the gaff
• blow the lid off
• blow the whistle
• blow the whistle on
• blowtorch
• blowtorches
• blow up
• blow-up
• blow upon
• blow-ups