Mutton vs. Chicken

Muttonnoun

The flesh of sheep used as food.

Muttonnoun

(archaic) A sheep.

Muttonnoun

Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

Muttonnoun

A prostitute.

Muttonnoun

(historical) An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.

Muttonadjective

(Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

Muttonnoun

A sheep.

Muttonnoun

The flesh of a sheep.

Muttonnoun

A loose woman; a prostitute.

Muttonnoun

meat from a mature domestic sheep

Muttonnoun

the square of a body of any size of type

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.