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