Chicken | Mean of chicken in English Dictionary

/ˈtʃɪkn̩/

• Noun
• a bird that is raised by people for its eggs and meat
• the meat of the chicken used as food
1. We had chicken for dinner.
2. fried/roasted/grilled chicken
3. chicken soup/broth
4. chicken salad
• a person who is afraid
1. It's just a spider, you chicken!
2. Don't be such a big chicken.

• too afraid to do something
1. He's too chicken [=cowardly] to stand up to them.
2. You're chicken, aren't you?
• Verb
• to decide not to do something because you are afraid
1. He was going to ask her on a date, but he chickened out at the last minute.