girls
plural of “girl” — a young female
An inflected form of girl · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 669 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,525 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a young female also: miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille a young lady of 18
- a youthful female person also: female child, little girl the baby was a girlthe girls were just learning to ride a tricycle
- a female human offspring also: daughter her daughter cared for her in her old age
- a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved also: girlfriend, lady friend his girlfriend kicked him out
- a friendly informal reference to a grown woman Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls
girls in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I shall also talk over our guardian’s proposal, girls.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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The floor was thronged with girls and young men.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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The girls ruled her, and she liked to be ruled by them.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1
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Hagarty, why do you crush them two girls there, you great Turk, you?
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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The three little girls lay huddled under one old quilt, their faces pale and sunken.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1