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chicken
[ chik-uhn ]
noun
- a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl, especially the red jungle fowl, and developed in a number of breeds for its flesh, eggs, and feathers.
- the young of this bird, especially when less than a year old.
- the flesh of the chicken, especially of the young bird, used as food.
- Slang.
- a cowardly or fearful person.
- a young or inexperienced person, especially a young girl.
- petty details or tasks.
- unnecessary discipline or regulations.
- a young gay male, especially one sought as a sexual partner by older men.
- a contest in which two cars approach each other at high speed down the center of a road, the object being to force one's opponent to veer away first.
- a policy or strategy of challenging an opponent to risk a clash or yield:
diplomats playing chicken at the conference table.
adjective
- (of food) containing, made from, or having the flavor of chicken:
chicken salad; chicken soup.
- Slang.
- petty or trivial:
a chicken regulation.
- obsessed with petty details, regulations, etc.:
He's quitting this chicken outfit to become his own boss.
verb phrase
- Slang.
- to refrain from doing something because of fear or cowardice:
I chickened out when I saw how deep the water was.
- to renege or withdraw:
You can't chicken out of this business deal now.
chicken
/ 藞迟蕛瑟办瑟苍 /
noun
- a domestic fowl bred for its flesh or eggs, esp a young one
- the flesh of such a bird used for food
- any of various similar birds, such as a prairie chicken
- slang.a cowardly person
- slang.a young inexperienced person
- slang.an underage boy or girl regarded as a potential target for sexual abuse
- informal.any of various, often dangerous, 亚洲网紅露点 or challenges in which the object is to make one's opponent lose his nerve
- count one's chickens before they are hatchedto be overoptimistic in acting on expectations which are not yet fulfilled
- like a headless chicken informal.disorganized and uncontrolled
- no chicken or no spring chicken slang.no longer young
she's no chicken
adjective
- slang.easily scared; cowardly; timid
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of chicken1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of chicken1
Idioms and Phrases
- count one's chickens before they are hatched, to rely on a benefit that is still uncertain:
They were already spending wildly, in anticipation of their inheritance, counting their chickens before they were hatched.
More idioms and phrases containing chicken
- count one's chickens
- go to bed with (the chickens)
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- no spring chicken
Example Sentences
It鈥檚 a grilled chicken breast, and I get it with a double side of steamed broccoli instead of rice.
One way to escape this game of chicken is when a third party mediates, offering both sides an off-ramp.
Though set up like a 鈥渃hicken coop,鈥 Sarinana said, the women inside formed a supportive community.
Turns out what you get when you mix hot lava and chicken is actually a tiny little hit.
Essentially the idea, for which the secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins has also voiced support, seems to be that survivors might become super chickens with innate resistance to bird flu.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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