"chickie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪki/ Audio: En-au-chickie.ogg [Australia] Forms: chickies [plural]
Etymology: From chick + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chick|ie}} chick + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} chickie (plural chickies)
  1. (slang, diminutive) A woman. Tags: diminutive, slang
    Sense id: en-chickie-en-noun-4BmJEEJs
  2. (childish) A chick, a baby chicken Tags: childish Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Chickens
    Sense id: en-chickie-en-noun-xdFbrWUg Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Disambiguation of Chickens: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 6 94

Inflected forms

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