Meaning

1 senses
  1. To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Examples

908 sentences
  1. The 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. She bought a chicken.

    Вона купила курку. — aandrusiak

    ruОна купила курицу. — sharptoothed

    deSie kaufte ein Huhn. — al_ex_an_der

  5. That meat is chicken.

    Це м'ясо — це курятина. — deniko

    ruЭто мясо - курятина. — Biga

    deDieses Fleisch ist Hühnchenfleisch. — lilygilder

Origin

Shortening of chicken out.

Shortening of chicken out.

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Forms

chickens, chickening, chickened, chickened
Base formchicken · to chicken
3rd person singularchickens
Present participlechickening
Past simplechickened
Past participlechickened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychicken
he, she, itchickens

Past simpleLesson

all personschickened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chickened
he, she, ithas chickened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chicken

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 dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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