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.
Cowardnoun
A person who lacks courage.
Cowardadjective
Cowardly.
Cowardadjective
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
Cowardverb
To intimidate.
Cowardadjective
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; - said of a lion.
Cowardadjective
Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
Cowardadjective
Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
Cowardnoun
A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
Cowardverb
To make timorous; to frighten.
Cowardnoun
a person who shows fear or timidity
Cowardnoun
English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)