What does chicken mean?
Definitions for chicken
ˈtʃɪk ənchick·en
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word chicken.
Princeton's WordNet
chicken, poulet, volaillenoun
the flesh of a chicken used for food
chicken, Gallus gallusnoun
a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
wimp, chicken, crybabynoun
a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
chickenadjective
a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-belliedadjective
easily frightened
Wiktionary
chickennoun
A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young
chickennoun
The meat from this bird eaten as food.
chickennoun
A coward.
I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chicken-shit.
chickennoun
A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Cf. chickenhawk
chickennoun
A young or inexperienced person.
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.
chickennoun
The game of dare.
chickenverb
To avoid as a result of fear.
chickenverb
To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
chickenadjective
cowardly
Webster Dictionary
Chickennoun
a young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl
Etymology: [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, kken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. kchkein. See Cock the animal.]
Chickennoun
a young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden
Etymology: [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, kken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. kchkein. See Cock the animal.]
Freebase
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 Contribution
chicken
A type of animal.
Chickens are beautiful animals, very clever and loving.
Submitted by MaryC on December 20, 2019
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Rank popularity for the word 'chicken' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1494
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Rank popularity for the word 'chicken' in Nouns Frequency: #1567
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chicken in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chicken in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of chicken in a Sentence
I was born as a chicken....
There can be no real fight between a tiger and a chicken; between the love and the man; between the strong and the weak!
What the mobile industry is facing is a gigantic chicken and egg problem : Do I spend billions of dollars deploying a network before devices are widely available or do I motivate people to pay a premium to use compatible devices while the network is getting ready.
A three-year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.
He'd left Church's Chicken, and wasn't shot for disturbing the peace, but because they were messing with him in his domain.
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- hoender, haan, hen, hoendervleisAfrikaans
- ዶሮAmharic
- دجاجة, دجاج, لحم دجاجArabic
- toyuqAzerbaijani
- тауыҡBashkir
- кураня, куране, птушаня, птушане, ку́рыцаBelarusian
- пиле, пилешко, ярка, страхливецBulgarian
- penn yar, kozh yar, yarBreton
- gallina, pollastre, gall, butzaCatalan, Valencian
- котамChechen
- kur, kuře, posera, zbabělec, slepiceCzech
- cyw, iâr, cyw iârWelsh
- høne, kylling, bangebuksDanish
- Hühnerfleisch, Hühnchen, Hähnchen, Huhn, Feigling, KüchleinGerman
- koklovi, koklo, koklolãEwe
- κότα, κοτόπουλοGreek
- kokoEsperanto
- pollo, gallinaSpanish
- arg, kana, kanalihaEstonian
- oilasko, oiloBasque
- مرغ خانگی, جوجه, مرغ, ماکPersian
- pelkuri, kana, broileri, kananpoikaFinnish
- høsnFaroese
- poule mouillée, poltron, poulet, pouleFrench
- hinWestern Frisian
- circeoil, cearcIrish
- cearcScottish Gaelic
- galo, galiñaGalician
- עוף, תרנגול, שָׁפָן, תרנגולתHebrew
- मुर्ग़ाHindi
- nyuszi, csirke, csirkehúsHungarian
- վախկոտ, ճուտ, ղզիկ, աքլոր, հավ, հավի միսArmenian
- ayamIndonesian
- hanoIdo
- kjúklingur, hænsnIcelandic
- gallina, pollo, coniglio, galloItalian
- 鶏肉, ニワトリ, 鶏, チキンJapanese
- pitikJavanese
- ქათამიGeorgian
- тауықKazakh
- kukkukuuaraqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 닭, 닭고기, 치킨Korean
- مامر, mirîşkKurdish
- тоокKyrgyz
- ໄກ່Lao
- bailus, vištiena, vištaLithuanian
- vista, cāļa gaļa, cālisLatvian
- кукавица, пилешко, кокошкаMacedonian
- कोम्डाMarathi
- ayam, pengecut, manukMalay
- tiġieġa, fellusMaltese
- ကြက်သား, ကြက်Burmese
- kylling, høneNorwegian
- kippenvlees, lafbek, kip, hen, wezel, hoen, lafaard, angsthaasDutch
- kylling, kjukling, høneNorwegian Nynorsk
- feiging, kyllingNorwegian
- naaʼahóóhaiNavajo, Navaho
- galinaOccitan
- kurczak, tchórz, kuraPolish
- frango, covarde, cagão, bundão, galinha, cobardePortuguese
- poulet, pulschain, pulaster, giaglinaRomansh
- pui, găinăRomanian
- бздун, трусишка, пету́х, труси́ха, ку́рица, трус, ссыку́н, цыплёнок, куря́тинаRussian
- puddone, caboni, pudhu, caboniscu, pudduSardinian
- vuonccisNorthern Sami
- pijevac, пијевац, pijetao, kokoška, кокошка, pile, кукавица, petao, петао, кокош, kukavica, пијетао, piletina, пиле, pevac, певац, пилетина, kokošSerbo-Croatian
- kurča, kura, sliepkaSlovak
- piščanec, petelin, kokošSlovene
- moaSamoan
- digaagSomali
- pulëAlbanian
- nama ya kgoho, kgohoSouthern Sotho
- kyckling, hönaSwedish
- kukuSwahili
- கோழிTamil
- కోడిమాంసం, కోడిTelugu
- ไก่Thai
- manokTagalog
- tavuk, piliçTurkish
- курча, куркаUkrainian
- مرغاUrdu
- tovuqUzbek
- gàVietnamese
- dredajiedan, gok, jigokül, dredöfan, higok, jidredöfan, higokül, gokamit, dredajijiedan, hidredöfan, gokül, dredahijiedan, gokil, jigokVolapük
- ganaarWolof
- 雞Chinese
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