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rapariga — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adolescent noun A young person who is no longer a child but not yet fully an adult, typically a teenager.
  • bird noun A warm-blooded egg-laying animal with feathers, wings, and a beak.
  • girl noun A female child.
  • lass noun (chiefly Scottish and Northern English) A girl or young woman.
  • streetwalker noun A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
  • wench noun An old-fashioned or humorous term for a young woman, sometimes used at Renaissance fairs or in historical fiction.

Senses

rapariga is used for these senses in English:

  • adolescent A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
  • girl A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
  • lass A girl; also (by extension) , a young woman.
  • streetwalker (informal, derogatory) A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
  • wench (archaic) A prostitute.
  • young lady A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young girl.

adolescent — full definition

  1. noun A young person who is no longer a child but not yet fully an adult, typically a teenager.
  2. adj Relating to the teenage years, or behaving in an immature, teenager-like way.

bird — full definition

  1. noun A warm-blooded egg-laying animal with feathers, wings, and a beak.
  2. noun (informal) An aircraft.
  3. noun (slang, British, dated/informal) A woman, especially a young one.
  4. noun (slang) The rude gesture made by extending the middle finger.

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