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chicken definition
n.
1.
a. The common domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) or its young.
b. Any of various similar or related birds.
c. The flesh of the common domestic fowl.
2. Slang A coward.
3. Any of various foolhardy competitions in which the participants persist in a dangerous course of action until one loses nerve and stops.
4. Vulgar Slang A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man.
adj.
Slang Afraid; cowardly.
intr.v. chick·ened, chick·en·ing, chick·ens
Slang
To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve: chickened out at the last moment.
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