Chicken : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Chicken	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Chicken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chicken adj easily frightened [syn: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow- bellied] n the flesh of a chicken used for food [syn: chicken, poulet, volaille] a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl Synonym(s): chicken, Gallus gallus a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy Synonym(s): wimp, chicken, crybaby a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chicken \Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, k[81]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. k[81]chkein. See {Cock} the animal.] 1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl. 2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. [bd]Stella is no chicken.[b8] --Swift. {Chicken cholera}, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.