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Definition of chicken
chicken 
adjective
- afraid.
What's the matter, are you chicken?
- See more words with the same meaning: afraid, scared.
Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
noun
- a coward.
Citation from "For British Eyes Only", Arrested Development (TV, 2005), Season 3 Episode 2 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: a coward, wimp, weakling.
Last edited on Dec 02 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
- a young gay man.
I'm looking for some chicken tonight at the bar.
- See more words with the same meaning: man, men, male.
- See more words with the same meaning: young person.
Last edited on May 04 2007. Submitted by Bill C. from Yorktown, VA, USA on May 04 2007.
noun - uncountable
- a "game" played in motor vehicles where 2 vehicles drive towards each other, and the first vehicle to veer loses.
- See more words with the same meaning: driving and driving maneuvers.
- See more words with the same meaning: games (related to).
Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'a coward, wimp, weakling': | |
| Definitions include: a female's period. | |
| Definitions include: wimpy, weak-willed, overly meek and mild, pusillanimous. | |
| Definitions include: a disrespectful, rude, or otherwise unpleasant person. | |
| Definitions include: a nerd, wimp, wuss. | |
| Definitions include: vulva / vagina. | |
| Definitions include: an acronym has been invented for "bitch," far after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons." | |
| Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed. | |
| Definitions include: a coward of either gender. | |
| Definitions include: feeble. | |
| Definitions include: Wimp, coward. | |
| Definitions include: adj. 1. Impotent. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of jabroni. | |
| Definitions include: wimp, sissy, coward. | |
| Definitions include: in "professional wrestling," a wrestler who intentionally loses to improve the image of the winner. | |
Other terms relating to 'afraid, scared': | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: nervous. | |
| Definitions include: shaken up, flustered. Also shooked. | |
| Definitions include: the inability to urinate in the presence of others. | |
| Definitions include: afraid. | |
| Definitions include: nervousness. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely scared. | |
| Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear. | |
| Definitions include: a scared person. | |
| Definitions include: to not do something out of fear; "chicken out". | |
| Definitions include: alternative pronunciation of "scare." | |
| Definitions include: nervousness or fright. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out". | |
Other terms relating to 'driving and driving maneuvers': | |
| Definitions include: to make a U-turn. | |
| Definitions include: to show interest in a member of the opposite sex by flirting or trying to be noticed. | |
| Definitions include: to make a U turn. | |
| Definitions include: to have, to take. | |
| Definitions include: a circular shape on the ground made from the tires of a vehicle spinning in place. | |
| Definitions include: a U-turn. | |
| Definitions include: to change lanes rapidly while driving in an attempt to get ahead of the traffic. | |
| Definitions include: an event in which occupants of a stopped car (usually at a traffic signal) exit the car, run around it, and then re-enter the car. | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: a U-turn. | |
| Definitions include: to drive a motor vehicle at top speed. | |
| Definitions include: to accelerate, especially in an automobile. | |
| Definitions include: to use Ecstasy (MDMA). | |
| Definitions include: from a stop, to accelerate a motor vehicle quickly such that the tires spin freely. | |
| Definitions include: to relax, usually with other friends; "chill". | |
Other terms relating to 'games (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "face the wall." | |
| Definitions include: a revealing characteristic, especially in poker. | |
| Definitions include: aggravation. | |
| Definitions include: a women with a larger than average butt, but still firm and fit. | |
| Definitions include: a competition employed to determine the ownership of an object when ownership is in dispute. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is new to a particular group, activity, game, field of study, etc. | |
| Definitions include: "ridiculous". | |
| Definitions include: hung-over from alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "shoot 'em up". | |
| Definitions include: a videogame that requires mashing buttons to play, rather than finesse. | |
| Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: in a betting situation, the option most likely to win. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is new to a particular group, activity, game, field of study, etc. | |
| Definitions include: a disappointing event. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed. | |
Other terms relating to 'man, men, male': | |
| Definitions include: variant of bro. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: an old man. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
| Definitions include: a derogatory term for a male; especially one of low intelligence level and large muscles. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "father I'd like to fuck", i.e. an attractive older man. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of "fanboy". | |
| Definitions include: cocaine. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent male. Etymology: male bimbo. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive person, usually male. | |
| Definitions include: a male fan devoted to a particular thing. | |
| Definitions include: a male. Origin: hip hop. | |
| Definitions include: to crave. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: friend; "ese". | |
Other terms relating to 'young person': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "funny looking kid", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: accidental act of urination or defecation. | |
| Definitions include: child. | |
| Definitions include: a young person. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is between being a young child and a teenager. | |
| Definitions include: young person. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for jail bait. | |
| Definitions include: term of address for a child. | |
| Definitions include: a young person. | |
| Definitions include: form of address for a young person. | |
| Definitions include: A young, typically pre-pubescent surfer. | |
| Definitions include: an under-aged girl who acts and/or dresses like a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: a sexually attractive or sexually provocative female under the age of sexual consent. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: a young person or child. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'chicken': | |
| Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern. | |
| Definitions include: a vocal representation of bass riffs made popular in 1970's funk, and subsequently associated with porn from the same era. | |
| Definitions include: A redneck or bigot. | |
| Definitions include: masturbator. | |
| Definitions include: scared or cowardly | |
| Definitions include: a gay male who prefers young gay men. | |
| Definitions include: a female who performs fellatio frequently. | |
| Definitions include: Stupid female that will try to take a playa money and use you. | |
| Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear. | |
| Definitions include: feeble. | |
| Definitions include: an expression that precedes a phone call to an Asian drug dealer. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to become extremely hopeful about a future occurrence. | |
| Definitions include: an imaginary animal that is ugly, skinny, and female. | |
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