girl

Universal Words noun 1 [C] a female child: a baby girl * a little girl of six * Hello, girls and boys! 2 [C] a daughter: Our youngest girl is at college. 3 [C] (sometimes offensive) a young woman: Alex is not interested in girls yet. * He married the girl next door. 4 [C] (usually in compounds) (old-fashioned, offensive) a female worker: an office girl / a shop girl 5 [C] (old-fashioned) a man's girlfriend: He's taking his girl home to meet his parents. 6 (girls) [pl.] (used especially as a form of address by women) a woman's female friends: I'm having a night out with the girls. * Good morning, girls! 7 [sing.] (old girl) (often offensive) an old woman, especially sb's wife or mother: How is the old girl these days? * Come along old girl, time for bed (= for example, said by an old man to his wife).