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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/
Pronunciation (ENPR): chĭk'ĭn

Definition 1:
• Cowardly.
Example: Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: backboneless, base, soft, bitch-ass, boneless, caitiff, candy-assed, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, chickenshit, courageless, cowardish, cowardly, cowardy, cowhearted, cowish, craven, cravenhearted, cringey, dastard, dastardly, dickless, dough-faced, fainthearted, fearful, fraidy, gizzardless, heartless, invalorous, invertebrate, gutless, hen-hearted, kiasi, lily-livered, liver-faced, liver-hearted, low-hearted, miching, milky, milk-livered, mouse-hearted, mousy, nerveless, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, nutless, pigeon-livered, poltroonish, poor-spirited, punk, pusillanimous, pussylike, ratlike, rabbit-hearted, recrayed, retromingent, sissy, spineless, timid, timorous, unhearty, weak-kneed, white-hearted, white-livered, wimpish, yellow, yellow-bellied, afeared, afraid, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, concerned, creeped out, frightened, frit, horrified, mortified, panicked, scared, shocked, startled, terrified, worried, wary
Labels: derogatory, informal, sometimes
Name

Definition 1:
• A census-designated place in Alaska.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/
Pronunciation (ENPR): chĭk'ĭn

Definition 1:
• plural of chick
Labels: UK, dialectal, form-of, obsolete, plural
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/
Pronunciation (ENPR): chĭk'ĭn

Definition 1:
• A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
Example: backyard chickens
Example: barnyard chickens
Labels: countable

Definition 2:
• The meat from this bird eaten as food.
Example: boneless chicken
Example: tastes like chicken
Labels: uncountable

Definition 3:
• The young of any bird; a chick.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A coward.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: pullet, bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken, chicken liver, chickenshit, cocktail, cowardy custard, craven, dog, fraidy cat, funker, gutless wonder, invertebrate, jessie, lizard, milquetoast, nancy, niddering, nidering, nidget, niding, nithing, piece of crap, piece of s***, pisspants, poltroon, punk, pussy, pussyhole, quiche-eater, quakebreech, quakebuttock, recreant, scaredy cat, scaredy pants, shithouse, sissy, slag, sluggard, snool, sook, weak sister, wheyface, yellow belly, yellow back
Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes

Definition 5:
• A young or inexperienced person.
Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes

Definition 6:
• A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: twink
Labels: Polari, countable

Definition 7:
• The game of dare.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: game of chicken
Labels: uncountable

Definition 8:
• The game of dare.
• 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 "chicken" (that is, the loser).
Example: Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: game of chicken
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 10:
• A kilogram of cocaine.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: bird, brick
Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable

Definition 11:
• A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/
Pronunciation (ENPR): chĭk'ĭn

Definition 1:
• To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
Labels: intransitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chicken