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| chick·en [ chíkən ] |
noun (plural chick·ens) |
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1. common domestic fowl: a domestic fowl, usually with brown or black feathers and a fleshy crest on its head.meat, eggs. Latin name Gallus domesticus.
See also spring chicken
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2. meat from fowl: the meat from a chicken as food
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3. coward: somebody regarded as cowardly or excessively timid
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informal
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  You'll never do it - you're a chicken!
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adjective |
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cowardly: showing a lack of courage, or too scared to do a particular thing
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informal
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often used by children or young people
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Are you too chicken to do a high dive?
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| [ Old English cīcen< Germanic] |
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be running around like a headless chicken to act in a frantic manner
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