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    • \ ˈchi-kᵊn 

    • \ ˈchi-kᵊn-ən(d)-ˈeg 

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    • \ ˈchi-kən-ˌli-vərd \

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    [Noun]  | "chick*en" | \ ˈchi-kᵊn \


    1: the common domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) especially when young; also : its flesh used as food

    2: any of various birds or their young

    3: a young woman


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English chiken, from Old English cicen young chicken; akin to Old English cocc cock;

    [Noun]  | "chicken colonel" 


    1: colonel


    Origin: 1918 ;

     From the eagle serving as insignia of the rank;

    [Noun]  | "chicken feed" 


    1: a paltry sum (as in profits or wages)


    Origin: 1834 ;

    [Noun]  | "chick*en-fried steak" | \ ˈchi-kᵊn-ˈfrīd- \


    1: steak coated with batter, fried, and served with gravy


    Origin: 1914 ;

    [Noun]  | "chicken hawk" 


    1: a hawk that preys or is believed to prey on chickens

    2: a person who strongly supports or promotes a war or warlike policies but who has never served in the military

    3: a man who pursues boys or young men for sexual purposes


    Origin: circa 1775 ;

    [Noun]  | "Chicken Little" 


    1: one who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification


    Origin: 1895 ;

     From the fable in which a chick attempts to warn other barnyard animals that the sky is falling after she is struck on the head by a chance falling object;

    [Adjective]  | "chicken" 


    1: scared

    2: timid, cowardly

    3: insistent on petty details of duty or discipline


    Origin: 1883 ;

    [Adjective]  | "chick*en-and-egg" | \ ˈchi-kᵊn-ən(d)-ˈeg \


    1: of, relating to, or being a cause-and-effect dilemma


    Origin: 1857 ;

     From the proverbial question "which came first, the chicken or the egg?";

    [Adjective]  | "chick*en-liv*ered" | \ ˈchi-kən-ˌli-vərd \


    1: fainthearted, cowardly


    Origin: 1804 ;

    [Verb]  | "chicken" 


    1: to lose one's nerve —usually used with out


    Origin: 1931 ;

    [Noun]  | "chicken" 


    1: a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger;


      * e.g., " ... a staunch hawk during the drumbeat for war, he proved to be a chicken when it came to actually fighting it "





    [Noun]  | "chicken feed" 


    1: a very small sum of money;


      * e.g., " ... I'm sick of working for chicken feed—I want a job where I can bring home some real dough "





    [Noun]  | "Chicken Little" 


    1: one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity;


      * e.g., " ... some called him Chicken Little, but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming "





    [Noun]  | "Chicken Littles" 


    1: one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity;


      * e.g., " ... some called him Chicken Little, but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming "





    [Adjective]  | "chicken" 


    1: having or showing a shameful lack of courage;


      * e.g., " ... too chicken to go through with the stunt "





    2: so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention;


      * e.g., " ... just concentrate on the important duties of the job and forget about the chicken stuff "





    [Adjective]  | "chicken-livered" 


    1: having or showing a shameful lack of courage;


      * e.g., " ... a chicken-livered newspaper editor who has been afraid to take on the town's powerful business elite "





    [Verb]  | "chicken (out)" 


     [ "chicken" ]

    1: A kilogram of cocain. Dealers started calling kilos "birds" which then evolved into "chicken."

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1) How much you got left? 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: To lack courage and bravery. Unskilled, stupid, afraid, loser, coward

      * e.g.,  ... He was so afraid she thought he was a chicken. 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: What everything seems to taste like.

      * e.g.,  ... Chicken was probably in primordial soup. 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: An animal that was created to cross roads.

      * e.g.,  ... "Why did the chicken cross the road?" 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: 1) - An animal that is processed for human consumption

      * e.g.,  ... 1) - Tastes like chicken... 


     [ "chicken" ]

    2: 2) - A dangerous game in two cars will drive directly at each other and the first to swerve out of the way is the "chicken". Also referred to when two cars are doing the same thing, only driving over a cliff or ledge.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) - Let's play chicken 


     [ "chicken" ]

    3: 3) - An attractive woman with thighs and breasts (like a real chicken)

      * e.g.,  ... 3) - This chicken was workin' her ass in the club last night 


     [ "chicken" ]

    4: 4) - A scardey-cat, wuss, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... 4) - Little chicken won't smoke this joint 


     [ "chicken" ]

    5: 5) - A woman who gives lots of oral sex, in this sense it's short for "chicken-head" or "chicken-neck"

      * e.g.,  ... 5) - Chicken went all down on me yesterday baby! 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken, chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken.

      * e.g.,  ... chicken 1: chicken chicken chicken 


     [ "chicken" ]

    2: chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken "chicken chicken chicken: chicken chicken", chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken "chicken".

      * e.g.,  ... chicken 2: chicken 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: A term used to describe a young (generally gay) male; often used with connotations of twink.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you see the chicken Ryan brought to the party? That boy was like, seventeen! 


     [ "chicken" ]

    2: (See also: chicken hawk)

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: A game high school teenagers play in the pool in which one person climbs onto another's shoulders (usually a girl onto a guy's shoulders) and tries to fight off his or her opponents by wrestling them so that they fall off their teammate's shoulders and into the water. The last team standing wins.

      * e.g.,  ... Get on my shoulders, we're about to play chicken. 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: A chicken is an alien acting as a small farm creature in order to discover the human races secrets and seduce humans into mating with them to produce chickenalienhumankids (CAHK, pronounced cock). A rooster, otherwise known as a cock (adapted from CAHK), is one of these said offspring. Beware of chickens, for once they have found out you know about their true identity they will peck you to death and steal your organs for use in their laboratories back on their home planet, Toilet.

      * e.g.,  ... Person One: I found out my chicken's true identity today! 

     [ "chicken" ]

    1: The act of you and another people getting in seperate cars and accelerating at each other at the same time to see which one will swerve first.

      * e.g.,  ... They got busted by the cops for playing chicken. 

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