Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - chicken
Chicken
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n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. same or chickens) 1 a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a domestic fowl prepared as food. b its flesh. 3 a youthful person (usu.with neg. : is no chicken). 4 colloq. a children's pastime testing courage, usu. recklessly. --adj. colloq. cowardly. --v.intr. (foll. by out) colloq. withdraw from or fail in some activity through fear or lack of nerve. Phrases and idioms chicken-and-egg problem (or dilemma etc.) the unresolved question as to which of two things caused the other. chicken brick an earthenware container in two halves for roasting a chicken in its own juices. chicken cholera see CHOLERA. chicken-feed 1 food for poultry. 2 colloq. an unimportant amount, esp. of money. chicken-hearted (or -livered) easily frightened; lacking nerve or courage. chicken-wire a light wire netting with a hexagonal mesh. Etymology: OE cicen, cycen f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English chiken, from Old English cicen young ~; akin to Old English cocc cock Date: 14th century 1. the common domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) especially when young, any of various birds or their young, a young woman, 3. coward, any of various contests in which the participants risk personal safety in order to see which one will give up first, petty details, a young male homosexual, II. adjective Date: 1941 1. scared, timid, cowardly, 2. slang insistent on petty details of duty or discipline, petty, unimportant, III. intransitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1943 to lose one's nerve ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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