chickenshit
chickenshit · more chickenshit · most chickenshit
Petty; contemptibly unimportantPetty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
» I'm no chickenshit.
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2 senses(slang, vulgar)Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(slang, vulgar)Cowardly.
How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.
Examples
4 sentencesI'm no chickenshit.
He's a chickenshit.
Yanni has become allergic to Rima's chickenshit excuses.
Yanni hates Rima's chickenshit excuses.
Origin
From chicken + shit.From chicken + shit.
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Forms
more chickenshit, most chickenshit| Comparative | more chickenshit Lesson |
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| Superlative | most chickenshit Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form