chicken
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
verb
- To lose one's courage and decide not to do something (usually followed by 'out').
- Don't chicken out now — we've been planning this trip for months!
- He was going to bungee jump, but he chickened out at the last second.
- She chickened out of giving the speech and asked her friend to do it.
noun
- A common bird that is raised for its meat and eggs.
- We have six chickens in our backyard that lay fresh eggs.
- The farmer feeds the chickens every morning at sunrise.
- The children watched the chickens pecking at the ground in the coop.
- The meat of a chicken used as food.
- I ordered grilled chicken with a side of vegetables for dinner.
- She made a delicious chicken soup for the family.
- The recipe calls for two pounds of boneless chicken.
- A person who is cowardly or easily frightened (informal).
- Only a chicken would run away from a tiny spider.
- Don't be such a chicken — just jump into the pool!
- He called me a chicken because I didn't want to go on the roller coaster.
adjective
- Cowardly; lacking courage (informal).
- I felt chicken about speaking in front of the whole class.
- She was too chicken to ask the teacher for help.
- He's chicken when it comes to trying new foods.
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