Chicken
21chicken — I n. 1) chickens cluck 2) a brood of chickens 3) a young chicken is a chick, cockerel (BE) 4) a female chicken is a hen 5) a male chicken is a cock (esp. BE)/rooster (esp. AE) 6) (misc.) to count one s chickens before they are hatched ( to… …
22chicken — noun 1 bird ADJECTIVE ▪ battery (BrE), broiler, corn fed, free range ▪ Free range chickens have happy lives. ▪ live ▪ …
23chicken — /ˈtʃɪkən / (say chikuhn) noun 1. a common domesticated gallinaceous bird, Gallus gallus domesticus, of the family Phasianidae, having a prominent comb and wattles and farmed for its eggs, flesh and feathers or kept for cockfighting; believed to… …
24chicken — This can be used affectionately, to a girl, or insultingly, normally to a man. ‘How would you like that, chicken?’ is a mother addressing her daughter in Mariana, by Monica Dickens. There is a comparable use in Resolve This Day, by Geoffrey… …
25chicken — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. same or chickens) 1 a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a domestic fowl prepared as food. b its flesh. 3 a youthful person (usu.with neg. : is no chicken). 4 colloq. a children s pastime testing courage, usu. recklessly.… …
26chicken*/*/ — [ˈtʃɪkɪn] noun I 1) [C] a bird that is kept for its eggs and meat 2) [U] the meat of a chicken fried/roast/grilled chicken[/ex] • See: count I II adj informal chicken [ˈtʃɪkɪn] not brave enough to do something I didn t want the others to think I… …
27Chicken — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Chicken, poulet en anglais, peut faire référence à : Chicken, un court métrage d animation réalisé par Peter Chung, Chicken, un film de 1990 avec Lee …
28chicken — 1. a youth attractive to homosexuals A variant of chick. A chickenhawk is a homosexual adult who seeks out boys for sexual purposes, punning on sparrowhawk: Chicken worried him, though. There were these children of eleven, twelve and… …
29chicken — Synonyms and related words: Ancona, Andalusian, Australorp, Bantam, Brahma, Campine, Cochin, Cornish, Cornish hen, Hamburg, Hershey bar, Leghorn, Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, New Hampshire red, Orpington, Percy, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island red,… …
30chicken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fowl, cock, hen, pullet; fryer, broiler, capon; slang, coward (See cowardice). See birds, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A barnyard fowl] Syn. chick, hen, rooster, pullet, cock, cockerel, capon,… …
