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Definition of
chicken adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
chicken
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈtʃɪkən
/
/
[
not before noun
]
(
informal
)
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not brave; afraid to do something
synonym
cowardly
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chicken
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a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc.
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a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc.
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