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Definition chicken in British English

chicken noun

noun
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
1

a bird kept for its eggs and meat. The sound it makes is called clucking. The female chicken is called a hen and the male is called a cock or a rooster. A baby chicken is called a chick.

Synonyms and related words
bantam barn owl bird of paradise boar broiler cattle
1.1

the meat of a chicken

Example

fried/roast/grilled chicken

Example

a chicken leg

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bacon beef bushmeat
2

someone who is not brave enough to do something

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coward baby chicken
3

a game played especially by children in which the winner is the person who continues doing something dangerous the longest

Example

The kids were playing chicken on the railway track when the accident happened.

Synonyms and related words
action blind man’s buff catch
3.1

a situation in which two groups or countries threaten each other until one gives the other what they want

Example

The affair degenerated into the longest game of chicken in diplomatic history.

Synonyms and related words
risk hazard menace
Definition chicken in British English