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Chicken
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Noun
a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia and developed in a number of breeds for its flesh, eggs, and feathers.
the young of this bird, esp. when less than a year old.
the flesh of the chicken, esp. of the young bird, used as food.
Informal . a young or inexperienced person, esp. a young girl.
Slang .
- a cowardly or fearful person.
- petty details or tasks.
- unnecessary discipline or regulations.
- a young male homosexual, esp. one sought as a sexual partner by older men.
a contest in which two cars approach each other at high speed down the center of a road, the object being to force one's opponent to veer away first.
a policy or strategy of challenging an opponent to risk a clash or yield
Adjective
(of food) containing, made from, or having the flavor of chicken
Slang .
- cowardly.
- petty or trivial
- a chicken regulation.
- obsessed with petty details, regulations, etc.
- He's quitting this chicken outfit to become his own boss.
Verb phrase
chicken out, Slang .
- to refrain from doing something because of fear or cowardice
- I chickened out when I saw how deep the water was.
- to renege or withdraw
- You can't chicken out of this business deal now.
Idiom
count one's chickens before they are hatched
- to rely on a benefit that is still uncertain
- They were already spending in anticipation of their inheritance, counting their chickens before they were hatched.
Synonyms
noun
- coward , craven , dastard , funk , poltroon , quitter , recreant , scaredy cat , yellow belly , banty , barnyard fowl , biddy , capon , chick , cock , cock-a-doodle-do , cockalorum , cockerel , gump , heeler , hen , poultry , pullet , rooster , afraid , broiler , brood , chicky , fowl , fryer , gutless , pl.poultry , poult , sissy , timid , yellow
adjective
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Chicken-hearted
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Chicken-livered
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