1. The flesh of a chicken used for food
   - poulet, volaille 
2. A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
   - Gallus gallus, chook [Austral, NZ] 
3. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
   - wimp, crybaby 
4. A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

1. Easily frightened
   - chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, chicken-livered

Derived forms: chickens

See also: cowardly, fearful

Type of: competition, contest, domestic fowl, doormat, fowl, poultry, weakling, wuss, wussy

Encyclopedia: Chicken, AK Chicken Chicken, Vulture, Crow Chicken, Alaska

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