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chicken

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

noun11

  1. a bird that lives on farms and cannot fly far, whose eggs are the kind people eat most often
  2. The meat from this bird eaten as food.
  3. (slang, disapproving) A coward.
  4. The game of dare.
  5. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the "chicken" (that is, the loser).
  6. (slang, disapproving) A young or inexperienced person.
  7. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
  8. A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
  9. (US, slang) A kilogram of cocaine.
  10. (no longer used) The young of any bird; a chick.
  11. (no longer used) A small pewter pot used in a tavern.

adjective1

  1. (informal) Cowardly.

verb1

  1. To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
forms

chickened · chickening · chickens · more chicken · most chicken

Phrases with chicken

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