chicken

Substantiv

1. 1

   A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).

   backyard chickens

   barnyard chickens

   Some chickens lay eggs almost every day. […] Chickens are kept for their meat, too.

   With egg prices rising, more people may be shopping for their own backyard chicken flock. But before you build a coop and subscribe to Chicken Whisperer, health experts have a warning: Caring for backyard chickens is not as easy as bringing home a cute new kitten, and keeping chickens can come with a handful of serious health risks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2. 2

   The meat from this bird eaten as food.

   boneless chicken

   tastes like chicken

   Amongst thee more harmless reptiles to be found were several lizards and iguanas. The natives killed these and used them for food. The flesh was not despised by explorers, and I was told it tasted exactly like chicken; but, however good it might have been, my courage was not suffcient to enable me to overcome my prejudice against tasting it.

   Before cooking chicken, or other poultry, rinse with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.

3. 3

   veraltetThe young of any bird; a chick.

   There they are – four ugly little chickens, a bit more than half-feathered, and all gaping mouths and bare bellies.

4. 4

   SlangA coward.

   'Why, what a chicken you are! You are not afraid of being robbed; are you?' said Jonas.

   Then he had an inspiration. "There is Roxton," said he. "He's not a chicken, but he is a useful man in a row. I think I could get him."

   Chicken! Fight like a robot!

   Maya: Hehe... Nick. You're kinda a chicken, aren't you?

5. 5

   SlangA young or inexperienced person.

   Purſue your trade of ſcandal-picking, Your hints, that Stella is no chicken: Your innuendos, when you tell us, That Stella loves to talk with fellows; […]

   "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."

6. 6

   A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

   Europe's Favorite Gay Newspaper has something for you! Handsome studs, Tender Chicken, and lots of Male Nudes!

   I am a little white chicken, beautiful as sweet and young as beautiful and soft as young and gay as soft and innocent as gay. I dare you to write.

7. 7

   The game of dare.

8. 8

   The game of dare. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the "chicken" (that is, the loser).

   Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.

   The Mini surged forward too. The cars were hurtling towards each other across the pitch. This was a dangerous game of chicken. Who would crumble first?

9. 9

   A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

10. 10

    SlangA kilogram of cocaine.

    Up early in the morning trappin' (Trap-trap) You can get 'em how you askin' (Ask) How many chickens? You can get 'em whichever way Nigga, trap turned Zaxby's (Zax)

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11. 11

    veraltetA small pewter pot used in a tavern.

Adjektiv

1. 1

   umgangssprachlichCowardly.

   Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.

Verb

1. 1

   To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

   For the umpteenth time, I chickened.

   ABE: What are you chucking it for, then? You're running, aren't you? Running, cos you chickened. SLIM: All right, so I chickened.

   To reach the lower branches of the blackwood one had to swing Tarzan-like across a narrow gully choked with gorse and blackberries. […] [T]he challenge of the rope swing was definitely more in James' line. […] Even if he slipped and failed, or worse, chickened, they would be unlikely to judge too harshly.

Substantiv

1. 1

   Auch eine Form von chickveraltetplural of chick

   The 21 or 22 day the Chicken are hatch'd; […]

Formen

Plural

chickens

Komparativ

more chicken

Superlativ

most chicken

Präteritum

chickened

Partizip II

chickened

Partizip I

chickening

3. Person Singular

chickens