chick

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English chick

Pronunciation

• tʃîk

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 6
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1027
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8760

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

chick: Slang: girlfriend -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I dey go see my chick for hostel.  — (I am going to see my girlfriend in her hostel.)

2. - (frequency:2)

   E say, e con talk sey since di egg wey de don ready boil go fit hatch chick come outside, e go fit hatch chick come outside, den beans wey de don cook go fit, ah...  — (NST_cleaned__41956, __no translation__)

   E say, e con talk sey since di egg wey de don ready boil go fit hatch chick come outside, e go fit hatch chick come outside, den beans wey de don cook go fit, ah... e go fit grow anoder one come outside.  — (BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__48, He said... so he said, since the eggs which have already been boiled will hatch chicks, the beans that have already been cooked will be able to, uh... will be able to produce more.)

3. det (frequency:2)

   Bammybestowed/Instagram BamBam di chick  — (bbc__19022, __no translation__)

   Any guy wey dey happen, any musician, even if di chick join you with musician, just know sey dat guy go collect, open your arm collect dat chick.  — (KAD_18_My-Gunners-The-Musician_DG__82, Any guy that is reigning, any musician, even if the ladies sings with you, just know that that guy will collect... open your arm to collect that lady.)

Synonyms

• lighten 0.80 9, suits 0.80 9, debit 0.80 5, tp 0.79 6, exciting 0.79 8, kasu 0.79 5, feast 0.79 14, samsung 0.78 5, outfit 0.78 10

Antonyms

• lighten 0.80 9, suits 0.80 9, debit 0.80 5, tp 0.79 6, exciting 0.79 8, kasu 0.79 5, feast 0.79 14, samsung 0.78 5, outfit 0.78 10

Translations

• English: Slang: girlfriend