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Pronunciation:  'chikun

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Matching Terms:  chicken and rice, chicken breast, chicken broth, chicken cacciatora, chicken cacciatore, chicken casserole, chicken coop, chicken cordon bleu, chicken drumstick, chicken farm, chicken feed, chicken fight, chicken hawk, chicken head, chicken kiev, chicken leg, chicken little, chicken liver, chicken louse, chicken manure, chicken marengo, chicken mousse, chicken out, chicken paprika, chicken paprikash, chicken pox, chicken purloo, chicken roundworm, chicken run, chicken salad, chicken sandwich, chicken snake, chicken soup, chicken stew, chicken stock, chicken taco, chicken tetrazzini, chicken wing, chicken yard, chicken-breasted, chickenfeed, chickenhearted, chicken-hearted, chickenpox, chickenshit, chickeree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
  2. [n]  a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
  3. [n]  the flesh of a chicken used for food
  4. [n]  a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
  5. [adj]  (informal) easily frightened
 
 Synonyms: chickenhearted, coward(a), cowardly, crybaby, fearful, Gallus gallus, lily-livered, poulet, volaille, white-livered, wimp, yellow, yellow-bellied
 
 See Also: bantam, biddy, breast, broiler, capon, capon, chick, chicken, chicken, chicken wing, cock, competition, contest, domestic fowl, Dominick, Dominique, doormat, fowl, frier, fryer, Gallus gallus, hen, hen, Orpington, poulet, poultry, poultry, pullet, Rhode Island red, roaster, rooster, spatchcock, spring chicken, volaille, weakling, white meat, wuss

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock;
akin to LG. kiken, k["u]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G.
k["u]chkein. See {Cock} the animal.]
1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.
   ``Stella is no chicken.'' --Swift.

{Chicken cholera}, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so
   called because first studied during the prevalence of a
   cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true
   cholera.

 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing chickens in your dream, symbolizes cowardliness and a lack of willpower. Chickens also represents excessive chatter and gossip. Listen closely to what people may be saying about you or what you are saying about others.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
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