chicken
CowardlyCowardly.
» The chicken laid an egg this morning.
Das Huhn hat heute Morgen ein Ei gelegt. — Manfredo
Сегодня утром курица снесла яйцо. — odexed
Курка сьогодні вранці знесла яйце. — deniko
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1 senses(derogatory, informal, sometimes)Cowardly.
Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.
- easily frightened
Examples
908 sentencesThe chicken laid an egg this morning.
Курка сьогодні вранці знесла яйце. — deniko
ruСегодня утром курица снесла яйцо. — odexed
deDas Huhn hat heute Morgen ein Ei gelegt. — Manfredo
I saw the old man feed his dog chicken bones.
Я бачив, як старий годивав свого собаку куриними кісточками. — deniko
ruЯ видел, как старик кормит свою собаку куриными костями. — sharptoothed
deIch sah den alten Mann dabei, wie er Hühnerknochen an seinen Hund verfütterte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Що було перше, курка чи яйце? — deniko
ruЧто было раньше: яйцо или курица? — sharptoothed
deWas war zuerst da: das Huhn oder das Ei? — samueldora
She bought a chicken.
Вона купила курку. — aandrusiak
ruОна купила курицу. — sharptoothed
deSie kaufte ein Huhn. — al_ex_an_der
That meat is chicken.
Це м'ясо — це курятина. — deniko
ruЭто мясо - курятина. — Biga
deDieses Fleisch ist Hühnchenfleisch. — lilygilder
Origin
From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ċicen, ċycenFrom Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukkīn, equivalent to cock + -en.
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Forms
more chicken, most chicken| Comparative | more chicken Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most chicken Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- easily frightened:chickenheartedlily-liveredwhite-liveredyellowyellow-bellied
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Food and drink — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- feed the chickens
- chicken pox
- chicken soup
- like chicken
- some chicken soup
- eat chicken
- fried chicken
- catch the chicken
- some chicken
- the chicken was
- love chicken
- bought chicken
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.