Chickennoun
(countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
Chickennoun
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
Chickennoun
A coward.
Chickennoun
A young or inexperienced person.
Chickennoun
A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
Chickennoun
The game of dare.
Chickennoun
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.)
Chickennoun
A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
Chickenadjective
(informal) Cowardly.
Chickenverb
(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
Chickennoun
A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
Chickennoun
A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken.
Chickennoun
the flesh of a chicken used for food
Chickennoun
a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
Chickennoun
a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
Chickennoun
a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
Chickenadjective
easily frightened
Chickennoun
a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one
Chickennoun
meat from a chicken
Chickennoun
a game in which the first person to lose their nerve and withdraw from a dangerous situation is the loser
Chickennoun
a coward.
Chickenadjective
cowardly
Chickenverb
withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve
Chicken
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), a subspecies of the red junglefowl, is a type of domesticated fowl, originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and younger male may be called a cockerel.
Chucklenoun
A quiet laugh.
Chuckleverb
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
Chuckleverb
(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
Chuckleverb
To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
Chuckleverb
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
Chuckleverb
To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Chuckleverb
To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.
Chuckleverb
To fondle; to cocker.
Chuckleverb
To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Chucklenoun
A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Chucklenoun
a soft partly suppressed laugh
Chuckleverb
laugh quietly or with restraint