Meaning & use
chicken
A common farm bird raised for its eggs and meat.
See it in a sentence
The farmer kept a dozen chickens in a coop behind the barn.
They grilled chicken and vegetables for dinner on the patio.
A note on using this word
Informally, 'chicken' can also describe a cowardly person, as in 'don't be a chicken.'
Words with a similar meaning
fowlhen
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Informal: too afraid to do something; cowardly.
He was too chicken to ask his boss for a raise.
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