- chick-a-biddy
- chickˈ-a-biddy or chickˈ-a-diddle nounTerms of endearment addressed to children• • •Main Entry: ↑chick
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chick-a-diddle — chickˈ a biddy or chickˈ a diddle noun Terms of endearment addressed to children • • • Main Entry: ↑chick … Useful english dictionary
biddy — [bid′ē] n. pl. biddies [< ?] 1. a chicken or chick; esp., a hen 2. Informal a woman; esp., an elderly woman (usually old biddy) regarded contemptuously as annoying, gossipy, etc … English World dictionary
biddy — biddy1 /bid ee/, n., pl. biddies. Chiefly New England, South Midland, and Southern U.S. 1. a chicken. 2. a newly hatched chick. [1595 1605; cf. Brit. dial. biddy ( < ?) with same sense, usually as a call to chickens] biddy2 /bid ee/, n., pl.… … Universalium
biddy — I bid•dy [[t]ˈbɪd i[/t]] n. pl. dies. 1) hen 2) agr. a newly hatched or day old chick Etymology: 1595–1605; cf. Brit. dial. biddy as a call to chickens II bid•dy [[t]ˈbɪd i[/t]] n. pl. dies. 1) a fussbudget 2) a female domestic servant •… … From formal English to slang
chick — Used as a term of endearment, usually to a young girl. It is used by a father to his daughter in The Daysman, by Stanley Middleton, the speaker being British. In both British and American slang, ‘chick’ is used of a young woman in third person … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
biddy — Synonyms and related words: Bantam, Jane, Partlet, abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah, bag, banty, barn door fowl, barnyard fowl, bat, beldam, betweenmaid, bird, bitch, bossy, broad, broiler, brood mare, brooder, broody hen, capon, chambermaid,… … Moby Thesaurus
chick — Synonyms and related words: Bantam, Jane, angel, avifauna, babe, baby, baby bird, baby doll, banty, barn door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie,… … Moby Thesaurus
biddy — n. 1. Housemaid, domestic, maid, servant girl. 2. Chicken, chick, chickabiddy … New dictionary of synonyms
soul’s delight, my — One of the extravagant terms used to his wife by Mr Mantalini, in Charles Dickens’s Nicholas Nickleby. She is also: my heart’s joy; my sense’s idol; my joy; my life and soul; my essential juice of pineapple; my cup of happiness’s sweetener; my … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
chicken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fowl, cock, hen, pullet; fryer, broiler, capon; slang, coward (See cowardice). See birds, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A barnyard fowl] Syn. chick, hen, rooster, pullet, cock, cockerel, capon,… … English dictionary for students
