Phrase guide

checkout chick

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A female supermarket cashier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal

Examples

  • 2005, Anna Krien, Trouble on the Night Shift, Robert Dessaix (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2005, page 305, Checkout chicks are hassled into letting their family pass through the register without paying.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From checkout (“a place at a supermarket where transactions take place”) + chick (“(slang) a girl or woman”).