Meaning of chicken in English

chicken
noun
uk
/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/ us
/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/

chicken noun (BIRD)

A2 [ C or U ]
a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird that is cooked and eaten:
A male chicken is called a cock and a female chicken is called a hen.
We're having roast/fried chicken for dinner.
 
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chicken noun (PERSON)

[ C ] informal
a person who is not brave:
Jump, you chicken!
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a chicken and egg situation
play chicken
chicken
adjective [ after verb ]
  child's word
uk
/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/ us
/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/
not brave:
Why won't you jump? Are you chicken?
Synonyms
cowardly
craven formal
fainthearted
lily-livered literary
pusillanimous formal
timid
timorous literary
weak-kneed informal disapproving
yellow (NOT BRAVE) informal
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(Definition of chicken from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

chicken | American Dictionary

chicken
noun
us
/ˈtʃɪk·ən/

chicken noun (BIRD)

[ C/U ]
a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird which is cooked and eaten
Note:
  • A male chicken is called a rooster or a cock, and a female chicken is called a hen.

chicken noun (COWARD)

[ C ] infml disapproving
a person who is too frightened to do something involving a risk

chicken

adjective us
/ˈtʃɪk·ən/
infml disapproving
Why don’t you jump? Are you chicken?
(Definition of chicken from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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禽, 雞, 雞肉…
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禽, 鸡, 鸡肉…
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gallina, pollo [masculine], gallina [masculine-feminine]…
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ニワトリ, チキン, 鶏肉…
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курча, куряче м'ясо, боягуз…
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pollo…
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