chicken
/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/ · noun
Meaning
- A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
- The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- The young of any bird; a chick.
- A coward.
- A young or inexperienced person.
- A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
- Cowardly.
- To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
- A young bird.
- A young chicken.
- (term of endearment) A young child.
- A young, especially attractive, woman or teenage girl.
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