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- Dictionarychick·en/ˈCHikən/
noun
- 1. a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one: "rationing was still in force and most people kept chickens"
- 2. a cowardly person; a coward. informal, derogatory
adjective
- 1. cowardly: informal "they were too chicken to follow the murderers into the mountains"
verb
- 1. withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve: informal "the referee chickened out of giving a penalty"
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