Definitions for Chicken
ˈtʃɪk ənchick·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. chicken, poulet, volaillenoun

   the flesh of a chicken used for food

2. chicken, Gallus gallusnoun

   a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

3. wimp, chicken, crybabynoun

   a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

4. chickenadjective

   a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

5. chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-belliedadjective

   easily frightened

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chickennoun

   A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young

2. chickennoun

   The meat from this bird eaten as food.

3. chickennoun

   A coward.

   I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chicken-shit.

4. chickennoun

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

5. chickennoun

   A young or inexperienced person.

6. chickennoun

   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 loser.

7. chickennoun

   The game of dare.

8. chickenverb

   To avoid as a result of fear.

9. chickenverb

   To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.

10. chickenadjective

    cowardly

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chick, Chickenn. s.

   Etymology: cicen , Sax. kiecken, Dut

   1. The young of a bird, particularly of a hen, or small bird.

   All my pretty ones?
   What, all my pretty chickens, and their dam,
   At one fell swoop! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   For when the shell is broke, out comes a chick. Davies.

   While it is a chick, and hath no spurs, nor cannot hurt, nor yet hath seen the like motion, yet he readily practiseth it. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   Ev’n since she was a se’n-night old, they say,
   Was chaste and humble to her dying day;
   Nor chick, nor hen, was known to disobey. John Dryden, Fables.

   Having the notion that one laid the egg out of which the other was hatched, I have a clear idea of the relation of dam and chick. John Locke.

   On rainy days alone I dine,
   Upon a chick and pint of wine:
   On rainy days I dine alone,
   And pick my chicken to the bone. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

   2. A word of tenderness.

   My Ariel, chick,
   This is thy charge. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   3. A term for a young girl.

   Then, Chloe, still go on to prate
   Of thirty-six and thirty-eight;
   Pursue your trade of scandal-picking,
   Your hints, that Stella is no chicken. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chicken

   The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. A male that has been castrated is a capon. An adult female bird is called a hen and a sexually immature female is called a pullet. Humans now keep chickens primarily as a source of food (consuming both their meat and eggs) and as pets. Traditionally they were also bred for cockfighting, which is still practiced in some places. The chicken domesticated for its meat are Broilers and for its eggs are Layers. Chickens are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion as of 2018, up from more than 19 billion in 2011. There are more chickens in the world than any other bird. There are numerous cultural references to chickens – in myth, folklore and religion, and in language and literature.Genetic studies have pointed to multiple maternal origin theories of within South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, but the clade found in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa originated from the Indian subcontinent. From ancient India, the chicken spread to the Eastern Mediterranean. They appear in Egypt in the mid-15th century BC, with the "bird that gives birth every day" having come from the land between Syria and Shinar, Babylonia, according to the annals of Thutmose III. They are known in Greece from the 5th century BC.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chickennoun

   a young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl

2. Chickennoun

   a young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden

3. Etymology: [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, kken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. kchkein. See Cock the animal.]

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1. Chicken

   The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs. The traditional poultry farming view of the domestication of the chicken is stated in Encyclopædia Britannica: "Humans first domesticated chickens of Indian origin for the purpose of cockfighting in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Very little formal attention was given to egg or meat production... " Recent genetic studies have pointed to multiple maternal origins in Southeast, East, and South Asia, but with the clade found in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa originating in the Indian subcontinent. From India the domesticated fowl made its way to the Persianized kingdom of Lydia in western Asia Minor, and domestic fowl were imported to Greece by the fifth century BC. Fowl had been known in Egypt since the 18th Dynasty, with the "bird that gives birth every day" having come to Egypt from the land between Syria and Shinar, Babylonia, according to the annals of Tutmose III.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chicken

   A type of animal.

   Chickens are beautiful animals, very clever and loving.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 20, 2019  

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Chicken' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1494

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Chicken' in Nouns Frequency: #1567

Anagrams for Chicken »

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Chicken in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Chicken in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Chicken in a Sentence

1. Cara Lanz:

   No one said comfort food can’t be healthy. So I filled this hearty chili with white meat chicken, three kinds of beans, hominy and a warm and zesty sauce, it’s a stick-to-your-ribs kind of dish that fills you up and warms your soul. And since there’s no meat to brown, you can just throw everything in and get on with your day.

2. Daylin Lemus:

   This is the first food bank we have come to, my income is less than before, so we are coming in case things get worse. I'm worried about stores running out of chicken. I have been looking for two weeks and can't find it anywhere.

3. Dumile Badela:

   I'm not the only one in Soweto offering this kind of food. There are many places, so if I succeed, the guys selling amanqgina (pig trotters), namatwana (chicken feet) and skopo will say 'Yo! I can do it as well.'.

4. Kara Nielsen:

   One of the things that surged out of that recession moment was an interest in comfort food, as well as a lot of people opening food trucks, creating food stalls, and so there were definitely a lot of fried chicken sandwiches coming out at that time. And it's never really stopped.

5. American Idol:

   I’m a big old southern food guy. I love my fried chicken, green beans, all of those things.

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