A young bird.
"The mother carefully wove a chick from dried bamboo strips to cover her open doorway against the midday sun."
A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.
In plain English: A chick is a baby bird, especially one that has just hatched from an egg and cannot fly yet.
"The little chick hopped out of its egg and looked around curiously."
To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
"The seeds began to chick after being planted in the moist soil."
In plain English: To chick is to run away quickly out of fear.
"The dog chick its head back when I tried to pet him near his food bowl."
Usage: Use this verb only when describing seeds beginning to grow into plants, not for general vegetation that is already established. It specifically refers to the initial stage of germination rather than ongoing growth or blooming.
A surname.
"My neighbor, Mr. Chick, invited us to his barbecue last weekend."
The word chick comes from the Middle English and Old English terms for a young chicken. Its meaning shifted to refer to a young or attractive woman as early as 1860.