The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHICK
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What does CHICK mean?
CHICK noun- A young bird.
- A young chicken.
- (term of endearment) A young child.
- A young, especially attractive, woman or teenage girl.
- To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
- A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.