chicken

chick·en  (chkn)

n.

1.

a. The common domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) or its young.

b. Any of various similar or related birds.

c. The flesh of the common domestic fowl.

2. Slang A coward.

3. Any of various foolhardy competitions in which the participants persist in a dangerous course of action until one loses nerve and stops.

4. Vulgar Slang A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man.

adj.

Slang Afraid; cowardly.

intr.v. chick·ened, chick·en·ing, chick·ens Slang

To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve: chickened out at the last moment.

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[Middle English chiken, from Old English ccen.]

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chicken

Noun

1. a domestic fowl bred for its flesh or eggs

2. the flesh of this bird used for food

3. Slang a coward

Adjective

Slang cowardly [Old English ciecen]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chicken - the flesh of a chicken used for food poulet, volaille Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food broiler - flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling capon - flesh of a castrated male chicken frier, fryer, pullet - flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying roaster - flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting spatchcock - flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) hen - flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing white meat, breast - meat carved from the breast of a fowl chicken wing - the wing of a chicken
	2.	chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl Gallus gallus domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl chick, biddy - young bird especially of domestic fowl rooster, cock - adult male chicken capon - castrated male chicken biddy, hen - adult female chicken spring chicken - a young chicken having tender meat Rhode Island red - American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken Dominick, Dominique - American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs Orpington - English breed of large chickens with white skin chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food
	3.	chicken - a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy crybaby, wimp doormat, weakling, wuss - a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
	4.	chicken - a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Adj.	1.	chicken - easily frightened chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied, yellow colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

Translations

chicken [ˈtʃɪkɪn] n → gallina, pollo;

(food) → pollo;

(col) (= coward); gallina m/f

chicken out vi (col) → rajarse;

to chicken out of doing sth → rajarse y no hacer algo

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chicken [ˈtʃɪkɪn] n → poulet m;

(inf) (= coward); poule mouillée

chicken out vi (inf) → se dégonfler

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chicken [ˈtʃɪkɪn] n → Huhn nt;

(meat) → Hähnchen nt;

(inf) (coward) → Feigling m

chicken out chicken (inf) vi to chicken out of doing sth → davor kneifen, etw zu tun

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chicken [ˈtʃɪkɪn] n → pollo;

(col) (= coward); coniglio

chicken out vi (col) → avere fifa;

to chicken out of sth → tirarsi indietro da qc per fifa or paura