chicken
noun · adjective · verbB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
backyard chickens
barnyard chickens
- 2.
(uncountable)The meat from this bird eaten as food.
boneless chicken
tastes like chicken
- 3.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The young of any bird; a chick.
- 4.
(countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes)(countable, slang, sometimes derogatory) A coward.
(More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
Đồng nghĩa: pullet, bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken, chicken liver, chickenshit, cocktail, cowardy custard, craven, dog, fraidy cat, funker, gutless wonder, invertebrate, jessie, lizard, milquetoast, nancy, niddering, nidering, nidget, niding, nithing, piece of crap, piece of shit, pisspants, poltroon, pullet, punk, pussy, pussyhole, quiche-eater, quakebreech, quakebuttock, recreant, scaredy cat, scaredy pants, shithouse, sissy, slag, sluggard, snool, sook, weak sister, wheyface, yellow belly, yellow back
- 5.
(countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes)(countable, slang, sometimes derogatory) A young or inexperienced person.
"This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."
- 6.
(Polari, countable)A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
Đồng nghĩa: twink
- 7.
(uncountable)The game of dare.
Đồng nghĩa: game of chicken
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
- 9.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A kilogram of cocaine.
Đồng nghĩa: bird, brick
- 10.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
- 11.
(UK, dialectal, form of, obsolete, plural)(UK dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(derogatory, informal, sometimes)(informal, sometimes derogatory) Cowardly.
Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.
Đồng nghĩa: backboneless, base, bitch-ass, boneless, caitiff, candy-assed, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, chickenshit, courageless, cowardish, cowardly, cowardy, cowhearted, cowish, craven, cravenhearted, cringey, dastard, dastardly, dickless, dough-faced, fainthearted, fearful, fraidy, gizzardless, heartless, invalorous, invertebrate, gutless, hen-hearted, kiasi, lily-livered, liver-faced, liver-hearted, low-hearted, miching, milky, milk-livered, mouse-hearted, mousy, nerveless, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, nutless, pigeon-livered, poltroonish, poor-spirited, punk, pusillanimous, pussylike, ratlike, rabbit-hearted, recrayed, retromingent, sissy, spineless, timid, timorous, unhearty, weak-kneed, white-hearted, white-livered, wimpish, yellow, yellow-bellied, afeared, afraid, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, chicken, concerned, creeped out, fearful, frightened, frit, horrified, mortified, panicked, scared, shocked, startled, terrified, timorous, worried, wary
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
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From Middle English chiken (also as chike > chick), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (chicken), of uncertain origin. Possibly from *kiukīn (chicken), or alternatively from *kukkīn, equivalent to cock + -en.