girl

Related to girl: Gurl

girl

1. informal An adult woman. Possibly offensive. Being a girl in this industry has always been tough. A: "I hope the girl we hired knows what she's doing." B: "Bob, Ms. Henderson has over 15 years of experience. Show a little respect."
2. informal A female romantic partner. Martha and I are going for dinner this Saturday. Why don't you and your girl come with us? I thought I'd take my girl to Paris for our two-year anniversary.

the girls

1. informal A group of women of any age, especially when socializing. I'm going out with the girls this Friday. We're going to try that new Indian restaurant in town. What time are you meeting the girls for drinks?
2. slang The breasts. A: "I was shocked to see Nancy showing off the girls at dinner tonight!" B: "Oh, her dress wasn't that low-cut, Evelyn." A good push-up bra can really do the girls some justice, know what I'm saying?
See also: girl
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

girl

1. n. a woman; a young woman. (Objectionable to some as demeaning to women.) A bunch of us girls got together for coffee today.
2. n. the queen of playing cards. (see also bitch.) What I needed in that last hand was the girl.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a girl thing
  • a slip of a boy, girl, etc.
  • as the next girl
  • Athanasian wench
  • attagirl
  • backroom boy
  • be one of the boys
  • be one of the girls
  • be one of the lads
  • be one of the lads/boys/girls
  • big boys/girls don't cry
  • big girl's blouse
  • big-girl pants
  • blue-eyed girl
  • boys and girls
  • boys and girls in blue
  • bunny girl
  • business girl
  • call girl
  • call-girl
  • chill girl
  • comfort girl
  • couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
  • cover girl
  • girl
  • girl crush
  • girl Friday
  • girl thing
  • girl thing/guy thing
  • girl/man Friday
  • girlboss
  • girls in blue
  • glamour girl
  • go out with the girls
  • golden boy
  • go-to girl
  • hired girl
  • hired hand
  • homegirl
  • I'm a big boy/girl now
  • little girls' room
  • little girls’ room
  • manic pixie dream girl
  • old boy/girl
  • old girl
  • one heck of a (something or someone)
  • one hell of a (something or someone)
  • page three girl
  • party girl
  • poor little rich girl
  • poor little rich girl/boy/kid
  • poster child/boy/girl
  • poster girl
  • rent boy
  • slip of a (something)
  • That's my boy
  • that's my girl
  • the boy next door
  • the girl/boy next door
  • the girls
  • there's a good boy, girl, dog, etc.
  • there's a good boy/girl
  • whistling girls and crowing hens always come to some bad end
  • working girl
References in classic literature
And in stolen half-hours of meeting I came to know all the sweet madness of boy's love and girl's love.
John Barleycorn
THE FLOWER GIRL [taking advantage of the military gentleman's proximity to establish friendly relations with him].
Pygmalion
"This war will be pleasant," replied the girl, cheerfully.
The Marvelous Land of Oz
"My ankle does hurt yet," admitted the girl, attempting a limping step.
The Four Million
"To"--the Story Girl threw a defiant glance at me as if to say, "You can't spoil the surprise of THIS, anyway,"--"to--the Awkward Man."
The Golden Road
At any other time, this remonstrance, and the tone in which it was delivered, would have had the desired effect; but the girl being really weak and exhausted, dropped her head over the back of the chair, and fainted, before Mr.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boys Progress
Morning had hardly dawned when the Fairy awoke the Prince, and giving him the glass axe again she told him to cut up all the wood he had felled the day before, and to put it in bundles ready for firewood; at the same time she warned him once more against approaching or speaking a word to the black girl if he met her in the wood.
Yellow Fairy Book
"But I did, though," insisted the girl, seeing the real horror that the man felt in the presence of such an idea reflected in his tone and manner, and rather enjoying baiting him still further.
Son Of Tarzan
Fyne, it seems that without being very perceptibly less "odious" than his family he had in a rather mysterious fashion interposed his authority for the protection of the girl. "Not that he cares," explained Flora.
Chance
In fact, without any one being able to explain the ascendancy which this young girl obtained over all who came in contact with her, she exercised over the little world around her a prestige not unlike that of Bonaparte upon his soldiers.
Vendetta
Unc Nunkie, Margolotte and the Magician all stood looking at the marvelous Powder, but Ojo was more interested just then in the Patchwork Girl's brains.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
He got up, stretched, turned around a few times and lay down again, and the girl opened her eyes and looked into mine.
The Land That Time Forgot
"I'll give you until noon, Daddy," said the girl in a voice which carried a more strongly defined tone of authority than her father's soft drawl, "and then I shall come into that room, if I have to use an axe, and bring you out--do you understand?"
The Monster Men
Those girls had grown up in the first bitter-hard times, and had got little schooling themselves.
My Antonia