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Definition chicken

Etymology 1

From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ?icen, ?ycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kiuk?n? (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *kukk?n?, equivalent to cock +‎ -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), Low German küken (“chicken”), German Küken (“chick”), dialectal German Küchlein (“chicken”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).

Noun

chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)

  1. (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
  2. (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
  3. (countable, slang) A coward.
  4. (countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
  5. (countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
  6. The game of dare.
    1. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser.)
  7. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
Adjective

chicken (comparative more chicken, superlative most chicken)

  1. (informal) Cowardly.

Etymology 2

Shortening of chicken out.

Verb

chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)

  1. (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Etymology 3

From chick +‎ -en (plural ending).

Noun

chicken

  1. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick

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CHECK 17
CHICK 17
CHINE 11
CINCH 14
KENCH 15
NICHE 11
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CHIC 12
CHIN 10
CINE 8
HECK 13
HICK 13
HIKE 10
INCH 10
KINE 9
NECK 12
NICE 8
NICK 12
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CHI 8
HEN 6
HIC 8
HIE 5
HIN 6
ICE 6
ICH 8
ICK 10
INK 8
KEN 8
KHI 9
KIN 8
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EN 3
HE 4
HI 4
IN 3
KI 6
NE 3

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