chicken

Etymology 1
From (also as  > 🇨🇬), from, , of uncertain origin. Possibly from, or alternatively from , equivalent to.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl, especially so-called when young.
 * 2)  The meat from this bird eaten as food.
 * 3)  The young of any bird; a chick.
 * 4)  A coward.
 * 5) * (More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
 * 6)  A young or inexperienced person.
 * 7) * 1886,, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in  (28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: ., November 1887, 15800088 ; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892,  23246292 , page 43:
 * "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."
 * 1)  A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare.
 * 2)  The game of dare.
 * 3) 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).
 * 4) A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
 * 5)  A kilogram of cocaine.
 * 6)  A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
 * 1) * 1886,, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in  (28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: ., November 1887, 15800088 ; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892,  23246292 , page 43:
 * "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."
 * 1)  A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare.
 * 2)  The game of dare.
 * 3) 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).
 * 4) A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
 * 5)  A kilogram of cocaine.
 * 6)  A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
 * 1) A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
 * 2)  A kilogram of cocaine.
 * 3)  A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
 * 1)  A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
 * 1)  A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
 * 1)  A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
 * 1)  A small pewter pot used in a tavern.

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:coward
 * see Thesaurus:coward

Adjective

 * 1)  Cowardly.

Etymology 2
Shortening of.

Verb

 * 1)  To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Etymology 3
From.

Etymology
From.