chicken
1. the flesh of a chicken used for food (Freq. 16)
• Syn:
poulet, volaille
• Hypernyms:
poultry
• Hyponyms:
broiler, capon, fryer, frier, pullet,
roaster, spatchcock, hen
• Part Holonyms:
Gallus gallus
• Part Meronyms:
breast, white meat, chicken wing
2. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs;
believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
Gallus gallus
• Hypernyms:
domestic fowl, fowl, poultry
• Hyponyms:
chick, biddy, cock, rooster, capon,
hen, spring chicken, Rhode Island red, Dominique, Dominick, Orpington
• Part Meronyms:
poulet, volaille
3. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
• Syn:
wimp, crybaby
• Derivationally related forms:
wimpy (for: wimp)
• Hypernyms:
weakling, doormat, wuss
4. a foolhardy competition;
a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
• Hypernyms:
contest, competition
easily frightened
• Syn:
chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied
• Similar to:
cowardly, fearful
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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