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chicken

noun

  1. a common gallinaceous farm bird (Gallus domesticus) raised for its edible eggs or flesh; hen or rooster, esp. a young one: classed in a family (Phasianidae) that includes pheasants, quail, and peafowl
  2. the flesh of this bird
  3. any young bird; chick
  4. a young or inexperienced person
  5. Slang
    1. a timid or cowardly person
    2. a young male homosexual
  6. Mil. Slang petty insistence on rules

adjective

  1. made of chicken: chicken croquettes
  2. small and tender: a chicken lobster
  3. Slang timid or cowardly
  4. Mil. Slang characterized by unnecessary discipline or pettiness

intransitive verb

Slang to lose courage and abandon a plan or action: usually with out

See chicken in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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