chicken
adjective/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
[not before noun] (informal)- not brave; afraid to do something synonym cowardlyTopics Personal qualitiesc2Word OriginOld English cīcen, cȳcen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kieken and German Küchlein, and probably also to cock.
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