chicchic /ʃiːk/ adjective 
Word Origin
Margaret was looking very chic in blue. a chic restaurant—chic noun [uncountable]: the art of comfortable chic
Word OriginWORD ORIGINchic
ExamplesOrigin:
1800-1900 FrenchEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a chic apartment
- a chic restaurant in Boston
- She is chic and witty.
- The east side of the city has become very chic in the past few years.
- They live in a chic apartment overlooking the Seine.
- A dinner party at a chic New York restaurant cost the museum $ 5, 500.
- At his side in public Jackie's air of sophistication and chic cultural warmth complemented it perfectly.
- He thought she was perfect, the height of chic.
- Nor, for that matter, can family life be a question of chic.
- So you can be chic as you get slim!
- The design team creates beaded extravaganzas that are truly chic.
- We are in Madame Jo Jo's - a chic transvestite bar in Soho.
Longman Language Activatorfashionable► fashionable
Collocations clothes, styles, places or activities that are fashionable are popular at the present time, but will probably only be popular for a short time: · The store sells fashionable clothes at prices you can afford.· a style of painting that was fashionable in the 1930s· Kate spent her summers in Cape Cod working in a fashionable resort.· They recently opened a cafe on Manhattan's fashionable East Side.
► cool spoken informal said to show approval of something that is fashionable, interesting, or attractive -- used especially by young people: · He was wearing these really cool sunglasses.· Many young people start smoking because they think it looks cool.
► hot informal very fashionable now: · one of the hot young writers of the decade· They're supposed to be the hottest thing since the Beatles.
► trendy informal very fashionable, often for a short time -- used especially humorously or to show disapproval: · a trendy street market in the centre of Paris· Delgado predicts that blonde hair will become trendy this summer.· Trendy bars and restaurants are opening and inexpensive apartments in the area are getting hard to find.
► stylish well designed, and attractive in a fashionable way: · She was wearing a stylish black woollen dress.· stylish modern furniture
► chic very fashionable in an expensive way, and showing a lot of good judgement about good style: · They live in a chic apartment overlooking the Seine.· a chic restaurant in Boston· The east side of the city has become very chic in the past few years.
► cult fashionable and only known about by a small group of people - use this especially about things or people that later become very famous: · Alex Garland's cult novel 'The Beach' was later made into a film starring Leonardo di Caprio.· 60s cult band The Velvet Underground· Frankie Knuckles is a cult figure in dance music.
► in informal fashionable at the present time: · Purple seems to be in this year.be the in place: · Gstaad is the in place to go skiing in winter.the in thing to do: · Cycling to work has become the in thing to do.
► hip informal doing things or done according to the latest fashion: · The South Side is becoming a really hip place to live.· I hate old people who dress like teenagers and think they're hip.
► happening informal fashionable and exciting: · In four to five years, this will be a happening film festival.· The town's OK, but not what you'd call a happening place.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► very
very fashionable and expensive, and showing good judgment of what is attractive and good style: · Oh yes, we could be very chic when the occasion demanded.· Who's going to start me off on this one? Very chic brush-and-comb set.· He had visualised some one diamond-hard, very chic, very ambitious.· I burst through the outer door, red-faced and sweating. Very chic.· Shops with Style On Capri and Ischia dazzling boutiques sell marvellous leather shoes and very chic clothes.
Margaret was looking very chic in blue. a chic restaurant—chic noun [uncountable]: the art of comfortable chic