| NOUN | food | chicken, poulet, volaille | the flesh of a chicken used for food |
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| 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 | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | easily frightened. | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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. | |
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| Broader | contest, competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
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