chicken

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chicken
ˈtʃɪkɪn Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one.
    E.g. rationing was still in force and most people kept chickens
  • a cowardly person; a coward.
adjective
  • cowardly.
    E.g. I was too chicken to go to court
verb
  • withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve.
    E.g. the referee chickened out of giving a penalty

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