Chicken

  • 41chicken — 1) Term of endearnment for co worker, often used in its plural form in relation to team. Chickens, time for the meeting.... 2) Used to describe someone who runs around doing things, but doesn t understand why (running around like a chicken with… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 42chicken — I. afraid, scared, yellow    When it comes to heights, I m chicken. I m scared. II. a coward, a person who is not brave, wimp    I m not a fighter, but I m not a chicken. I just don t believe in violence …

    English idioms

  • 43chicken — 1. n. coward. Don t be chicken, just give it a try. 2. n. game in which two drivers drive toward each other head on and the first driver to veer off is the loser (hence chicken, as in coward) …

    English slang

  • 44chicken —  1. In.] Coward.  2. adj. Cowardly.  3. no chicken Elderly.  4. chicken hearted Cowardly …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 45chicken — n. a coward. □ Come on, let’s go. Don’t be a chicken. □ He’s no fun. He’s a chicken …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 46chicken — See: COUNT ONE S CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED, GO TO BED WITH THE CHICKENS, SPRING CHICKEN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47chicken — See: COUNT ONE S CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED, GO TO BED WITH THE CHICKENS, SPRING CHICKEN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48chicken — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chiken, from Old English cicen young chicken; akin to Old English cocc cock Date: 14th century 1. a. the common domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) especially when young; also its flesh used as food compare jungle fowl …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 49Chicken — Chi|cken [ tʃikn̩] das; [s], <aus engl. amerik. chicken »Strichjunge«, eigtl. »Hühnchen«> (Jargon) Junge, der sich prostituiert …

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  • 50chicken — n Coward. Don t be a chicken. 1940s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

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