"bad girl" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-bad girl.ogg [Australia] Forms: bad girls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bad girl (plural bad girls)
  1. (slang) A female criminal. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-bad_girl-en-noun-QCTN~oIb Disambiguation of Female people: 72 11 17
  2. A woman whose rebellious nature makes her attractive. Categories (topical): Stock characters
    Sense id: en-bad_girl-en-noun-8SUwqm76 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 7 56 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 86 11
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, girl. Related terms: bad boy, bad bitch, naughty
    Sense id: en-bad_girl-en-noun-maOXipP1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bad girl meaning in English (1.9kB)

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