chicken

chicken
I UK [ˈtʃɪkɪn] / US [ˈtʃɪkən] noun
Word forms "chicken":
singular chicken plural chickens
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1)
a) [countable] a bird kept for its eggs and meat. The sound it makes is called clucking. The female chicken is called a hen and the male is called a cock or a rooster. A baby chicken is called a chick.
b) [uncountable] the meat of a chicken

fried/roast/grilled chicken

a chicken leg

2) [countable] informal someone who is not brave enough to do something
3)
a) [uncountable] a game played especially by children in which the winner is the person who continues doing something dangerous the longest
play chicken:

The kids were playing chicken on the railway track when the accident happened.

b) a situation in which two groups or countries threaten each other until one gives the other what they want
game of chicken:

The affair degenerated into the longest game of chicken in diplomatic history.

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II UK [ˈtʃɪkɪn] / US [ˈtʃɪkən] adjective [never before noun] informal
not brave enough to do something

I was terrified, but I didn't want the others to think I was chicken.


III UK [ˈtʃɪkɪn] / US [ˈtʃɪkən] verb
Phrasal verbs:

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