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As a noun, girl means a female child, adolescent, or a young woman. As a verb, it means feminize or girlify.
Meanings of girl
18 meaningsnoun
A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
A young female animal.
sometimes offensiveA woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
card gamesslanguncommonA queen (the playing card).
colloquialA term of endearment. (see usage notes)
One's girlfriend.
One's daughter.
“Your girl turned up on our doorstep.”
USslangCocaine, especially in powder form.
somewhat childishA female (tree, gene, etc).
derogatoryA boy or man who is weak or sentimental.
“Don't be such a girl!”
A youthful female personperson
“the baby was a girl”
“the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle”
Similar: female child, little girlA girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involvedperson
“his girlfriend kicked him out”
Similar: girlfriend, lady friend
Older and rare meanings (1)
UKdialectobsoleteA roebuck two years old.
verb
To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
somewhat informalTo staff with or as a girl or girls.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).