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Definition of chicken adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chicken

adjective
 
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
 
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
[not before noun] (informal)
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  1. not brave; afraid to do something synonym cowardlyTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word OriginOld English cīcen, cȳcen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kieken and German Küchlein, and probably also to cock.
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