young girl

/jəŋ gərl/
/jəŋ gəl/
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Other forms: young girls

Definitions of young girl
  1. noun
    a girl or young woman who is unmarried
    synonyms: jeune fille, lass, lassie
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    types:
    bobby-socker, bobbysoxer
    an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)
    Lolita
    a sexually precocious young girl
    type of:
    fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman
    a young woman
Pronunciation
US
/jəŋ gərl/
UK
/jəŋ gəl/
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