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noun. A common domesticated fowl (Gallus domesticus) widely raised for meat and eggs and believed to be descended from the jungle fowl G. gallus.

noun. Any of various similar or related birds.

noun. The flesh of the chicken, used as food.

noun. A coward.

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

noun. A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man.

adjective. Afraid; cowardly.

intransitive verb. To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve.

noun. Embroidery, especially embroidery upon muslin.

noun. The young of the domestic hen: in this sense now less exact than chick.

noun. A domestic or barn-yàrd fowl, especially one less than a year old.

noun. The young of some birds other than the domestic hen.

noun. A common name of the pinnated grouse or prairie-hen (prairie-chicken), Cupidonia cupido (see cut under Cupidonia), and of the sharp-tailed grouse, Pediæcetes phasianellus.

noun. A person of tender years; a child: sometimes used as a term of endearment, or with a negative (no chicken), in satirical implication of mature years.

noun. A name applied with a qualifying adjective to various fishes, as in the north of Ireland to the Atherina presbyter, called the Portaferry chicken.

noun. A kind of turtle whose shell is used in commerce.

noun. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

noun. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken.

noun. a contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.

noun. A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young

noun. The meat from this bird eaten as food.

noun. A coward.

noun. A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Cf. chickenhawk

noun. A young or inexperienced person.

noun. 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 loser.

noun. The game of dare.

adjective. cowardly

verb. To avoid as a result of fear.

verb. To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.

noun. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

noun. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

adjective. easily frightened

noun. a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

noun. the flesh of a chicken used for food

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