CHICKEN

chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied

(adjective) easily frightened

chicken, Gallus gallus

(noun) a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

chicken

(noun) a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

chicken, poulet, volaille

(noun) the flesh of a chicken used for food

wimp, chicken, crybaby

(noun) a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Chicken

A census-designated place in Alaska.

Anagrams

• check in, check-in, checkin', in check

Etymology 1

Noun

chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)

(countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

The young of any bird; a chick.

(countable, slang) A coward.

(countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.

(countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

The game of dare.

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).

A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

Synonyms

• (bird): biddy, chook (Australia, NZ)

• (coward): see coward

• (young inexperienced person): spring chicken

• (young, attractive, slim man): twink

Hyponyms

• (bird): cock, cockerel, rooster (male), hen (female), chick (young), broiler (suitable as food)

Adjective

chicken (comparative more chicken, superlative most chicken)

(informal) Cowardly.

Etymology 2

Verb

chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)

(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Etymology 3

Noun

chicken

(UK dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick

Anagrams

• check in, check-in, checkin', in check

Source: Wiktionary

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Chick"en, n. Etym: [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, küken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. küchkein. See Cock the animal.]

1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. "Stella is no chicken." Swift. Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; - - so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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