chickenshit noun 4adjective 2forms 3 noun4 •(vulgar) Chicken manure. •(slang, vulgar) A coward.I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit. •(slang, vulgar) A petty and contemptible thing or things.Don't waste your time on that chickenshit. •(slang, vulgar) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny. adjective2 •(slang, vulgar) Cowardly.How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing. •(slang, vulgar) Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.) formschickenshits · more chickenshit · most chickenshit