NOUN | food | chicken, poulet, volaille | the flesh of a chicken used for food |
---|---|---|---|
animal | chicken, Gallus gallus | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs | |
person | chicken, wimp, crybaby | a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy | |
event | chicken | a foolhardy competition | |
ADJECTIVE | all | chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied | easily frightened |
Sounds | chih'kahn | |
---|---|---|
Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | easily frightened. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied | |
Broader | cowardly, fearful | lacking courage |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | cobarde, gallina, miedoso, temeroso | |
Catalan | cagat, covard, gallina, poruc | |
Nouns | chicken | a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy |
Meaning | The flesh of a chicken used for food. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | poulet, volaille | |
Part of | chicken, Gallus gallus | A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs |
Parts | breast, white meat | meat carved from the breast of a fowl |
chicken wing | The wing of a chicken | |
Narrower | broiler | flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling |
capon | flesh of a castrated male chicken | |
fryer, frier, pullet | flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying | |
hen | flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing | |
roaster | flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting | |
spatchcock | flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) | |
Broader | poultry | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food |
Spanish | gallina, gallus gallus, pollo, poulet, volaille | |
Catalan | gallina, gall, pollastre, poulet, volaille |
Meaning | A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. | |
---|---|---|
Synonym | Gallus gallus | |
Parts | chicken, poulet, volaille | The flesh of a chicken used for food |
Narrower | Dominique, Dominick | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs |
Orpington | English breed of large chickens with white skin | |
Rhode Island red | American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken | |
capon | castrated male chicken | |
chick, biddy | young bird especially of domestic fowl | |
cock, rooster | adult male chicken | |
hen, biddy | adult female chicken | |
spring chicken | A young chicken having tender meat | |
Broader | domestic fowl, fowl, poultry | A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl |
Spanish | gallina, pollo | |
Catalan | pollastre |
Meaning | A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | wimp, crybaby | |
Broader | weakling, doormat, wuss | A person who is physically weak and ineffectual |
Spanish | jeremías, llorón, quejica | |
Catalan | fleuma, ploramiques, ploraner, somicaire | |
Adjectives | chicken | easily frightened |
Meaning | A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops. | |
---|---|---|
Broader | contest, competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact