girlfriend

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

girlfriends

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

girlfriend

past (v2)

girlfriended

past participle (v3)

girlfriended

present participle

girlfriending

3rd person singular

girlfriends

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

   • Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
   • I was playing the acoustic guitar and my girlfriend was playing the drums.
   • A gentleman did not like his girl-friend to have to undergo so much unpleasant questioning.

2. 2.A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.

   • My girlfriend is a good dancer.
   • I didn't know Mary was your girlfriend.
   • I wonder if Tom really has a girlfriend.

3. 3.A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.

   • My girlfriend is a good dancer.
   • I didn't know Mary was your girlfriend.
   • I wonder if Tom really has a girlfriend.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To be a girlfriend to (someone).(informal)

   • Most Black women don't spend their time sitting around and complaining about bm/wf and "girlfriending" each other.
   • If money were a person, she’d be girlfriending with Oprah, sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom, and noshing with the Pope.
   • She was a superwoman, she thought. […] A working, mothering, girlfriending, housekeeping superhero! You see, it could be done!

2. 2.To have (someone) as a girlfriend.(informal)

   • One day I wrote down all the girls I had serous^([sic]) chance of girlfriending them.
   • Back when I was single, I dated and girlfriended around quite a bit and found many responses to my VW buses.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• girl