Definition of chicken out
chicken out 
verb
- to not go through with a plan because of fear.
He was going to ask for her phone number, but when he got close to her he chickened out.
- See more words with the same meaning: afraid, scared.
Last edited on Dec 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'afraid, scared': | |
| Definitions include: to not do something out of fear; "chicken out". | |
| Definitions include: nervousness. | |
| Definitions include: see cold feet. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely scared. | |
| Definitions include: feeble. | |
| Definitions include: the inability to urinate in the presence of others. | |
| Definitions include: a coward. | |
| Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear. | |
| Definitions include: a scared person. | |
| Definitions include: shaken up, flustered. Also shooked. | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: afraid. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
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 coward. | |
| 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: 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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Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
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